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September 06, 2009
23:20
Security Sessions at TechEd in Australia and New Zealand
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I'm heading to TechEd Oz and NZ in a couple of hours to present the following:
SEC312 The "Everything Developers Need to Know About Security" Talk
- Oz: 9/10/2009 15:30-16:45
- NZ: 9/14/2009 14:15-15:30
SEC201 Inside the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle: And how you can use it!
- Oz: 9/10/2009 11:30-12:45
- NZ: 9/15/2009 12:10-13:25
I'm also giving a couple of half-day SDL workshops:
SDL Workshop
- Oz: 9/11/2009 (I'll update once I get the time!)
- NZ: 9/13/2009 10:20 - 13:00
If you cannot make it to TechEd this year, a number of sessions, including SEC201 will be made available through Live Meeting. More info here.
July 28, 2009
20:43
ATL, MS09-035 and the SDL
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May 19, 2009
19:53
Integrating the SDL process into Visual Studio
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I’ve been a firm believer of integrating as much security tooling as possible into the development process so developers can get on with developing code and designing solutions rather than having to constantly think about dotting the security “i”s and crossing the security “t”s.

The less security “friction” the better, because the more you can automate the more progress you can make.

Jeremy Dallman has just announced that we have released the Microsoft SDL Process Template for Visual Studio Team System, and yes, it’s free.

I think this is a huge step forward because now software development teams outside of Microsoft can more easily track their adherence to the SDL.
Technorati Tags: SDL,Tools
May 01, 2009
17:29
A Conversation About Threat Modeling
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This was fun to write; in fact, other than minor edits I wrote it in a single two hour sitting with my laptop by the pool :)

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March 25, 2009
1:27
Ken Johnson (Skywing) joins Microsoft
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Following close on the heels of security experts Matt Miller, Adam Shostack and Crispin Cowan joining Microsoft, I am pleased to announce that Ken Johnson, AKA Skywing, has joined our group.

Ken brings an enormous amount of reverse engineering and defense-subversion skill to Microsoft. Ken will be working on anything and everything related vulnerabilities, exploits, defenses, bypassing defenses and more. Ken also maintains a blog on debugging, reverse engineering, and security-related topics (along with various personal projects) at: http://www.nynaeve.net.

Welcome, Ken!
December 31, 2008
6:07
Free Download: Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista
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December 09, 2008
0:09
Secure software development practices 'not rocket science'
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November 20, 2008
3:49
A Proactive Approach to Building a Successful Security Development Lifecycle Program
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At this point most of you have heard about the Microsoft SDL and some of activities and deliverables associated with it.

However, I still receive a number of questions, specifically, how and where development organizations can start deploying SDL.

Good news!

One of the new Microsoft SDL Pro Network members, Security Innovation, has invited me to address this and other SDL questions at an upcoming webcast titled “A Proactive Approach to Building a Successful Security Development Lifecycle Program.”

SI also invited Jon Oltsik, an analyst from the Enterprise Strategy Group, to present his point of view on the value of the SDL to development organizations. It should be an interesting event, and will hopefully answer many of the questions I have received from the field. If we don’t address your questions during our presentations, there is going to be Q&A at the end …

If you are interested in attending this live web event, it is going to take place TOMORROW Thursday, November 20th, at 1:00pm ET, and you can register for it here.

Hope you can make it!
November 18, 2008
6:59
Improvements in Office Security
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David LeBlanc has an excellent write-up of the results (so far) of all the security work the Office guys have been doing over the last few years.

Net: about a 50% reduction in vulns!
November 03, 2008
16:16
Volume 5 of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report is out
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Volume 5 of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report is now out, highlights include:
- Security vulnerability disclosures - Microsoft and third-party software
- Vulnerability Exploits – Microsoft software
- Browser-based exploits - Microsoft and third-party software
- Security and privacy breaches
- Malicious and potentially unwanted software trends
Volume 5 of the SIR also includes a detailed examination of the threat ecosystem which explains how threats propagate across the internet, how users become infected and the resultant impact on privacy and identity theft.

The one item that stood out for me was the move from successfully attacking Microsoft applications and browser objects to attacking and compromising 3rd-party applictions and browser objects.

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