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RSA Conference 2014: Microsoft’s Trust Principles
The keynote sessions at the RSA Conference are always compelling. This year’s presentations at the Moscone Center in San Francisco have been some of the best I’ve seen, with a strong focus on government surveillance programs and what they mean for the IT industry.In his keynote speech, Trustworthy Computing Corporate Vice President, Scott Charney, discussed “Conundrums in Cyberspace”, along with his take on the sometimes conflicting roles of government as … Read more »
RSA Conference 2014: Conundrums in Cyberspace—Exploiting security in the name of, well, security
Since Microsoft’s founding nearly four decades ago, computing and technology have experienced some momentous shifts with regard to trust. The emergence of security concerns related to the internet was one such shift. It prompted Bill Gates to launch Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing (TwC) initiative in 2002, in a memo calling for changes to ensure customer trust at every level. We are currently in the midst of another seismic shift with regard … Read more »
RSA Conference 2014: Hot Topics in Privacy
Data privacy is a topic that tends to spur wide-ranging conversations, with dramatically varying national and global pivots. Issues related to data privacy are important and complex, so we expect the topic to generate many discussions among attendees at the annual RSA Conference USA in San Francisco, Feb. 24-28. Microsoft’s Chief Privacy Officer, Brendon Lynch, will be in attendance and will share his thoughts on emerging trends in the privacy … Read more »
RSA Conference 2014: Microsoft’s commitment to protecting customers
The annual RSA Conference USA in San Francisco brings together many of the brightest minds in IT security and features a wide range of important, thought-provoking discussions. An estimated 26,000 guests will attend this year’s conference, which runs next week, from Feb. 24-28. Microsoft is a conference sponsor and we’ll present several speaker sessions during the week. One highlight is the keynote presentation on Feb. 25 by Scott Charney, Corporate … Read more »
RSA: Microsoft Sessions and Bright Side Security News
It’s been an exciting week here at RSA, attending sessions and catching up with fellow security colleagues over the past few days. Today at RSA, Mike Reavey, senior director Trustworthy Computing, and Elia Florio, software security engineer, Microsoft presented a compelling session on Microsoft’s response to the Flame malware. My colleague Tim Rains and I also presented the Security Intelligence Report (SIR) where we shared the latest global threat data … Read more »
RSA Security Conference: Microsoft Keynote – Making the Case for Security Optimism
Today at RSA, Scott Charney’s keynote highlighted security industry challenges and accomplishments that will have long-term impact and together form a basis for optimism. Scott shares his views on steady security progress in this Microsoft blog. Today, our special guest Brock Johnson, security reporter, spoke with attendees about their top of mind thoughts on security, cloud computing, and other timely topics. Watch the video below for today’s highlights, and please … Read more »