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The University’s Role in Addressing the Future of Cybersecurity

- Scott Charney - Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing
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In the past few years, I have visited a number of universities to address multi-disciplinary audiences on the challenges of cyber security and privacy.  Most recently, I visited both the University of Washington and Stanford University, the former to teach a course on cybersecurity and cybercrime; the latter to connect with students and faculty on security, privacy, and big data. See more >>

Panel: “Protecting Privacy & National Security in the Digital Age”

- Brendon Lynch - Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft

As technology continues to connect us in seemingly infinite ways, people are increasingly discussing appropriate levels of trade-offs that come with modern day conveniences. In line with the company’s role over the past decades, Microsoft continues to be a key participant and driver of these conversations.  Read more >>

The Evolving Pursuit of Privacy

- Brendon Lynch - Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft

In my role, I have the opportunity to discuss privacy with a wide variety of people – Microsoft’s customers and partners, policymakers, advocates and industry colleagues. In recent weeks, I participated in many such conversations at the RSA Conference and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit.  See more>>

RSA Conference 2014: Reflections from the Microsoft team

- Jeff Jones - Principal Cybersecurity Strategist

One of the best things about the RSA Conference is the incredible exchange of ideas that takes place, and this year was no exception. Microsoft’s security and privacy leaders were busy, not just with their own presentations, but also in discussions with other thought leaders, industry professionals and customers from around the world.  See more >>

RSA Conference 2014: Microsoft’s Trust Principles

- Jeff Jones - Principal Cybersecurity Strategist

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

- Adrienne Hall - General Manager, Trustworthy Computing

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: A look at the week ahead

- Jeff Jones - Principal Cybersecurity Strategist

Greetings from RSA Conference 2014 in San Francisco. Microsoft is proud to be part of the important discussions taking place this week, and I’ll be bringing you daily video reports with highlights from the event. Our first installment takes a look at the week ahead, including the keynote address from Trustworthy Computing Corporate Vice President, Scott Charney, and an overview of the briefing sessions featuring Microsoft security and privacy experts.   See more >>

RSA Conference 2014: Microsoft’s commitment to protecting customers

- Jeff Jones - Principal Cybersecurity Strategist

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 »

The Future of Privacy Models and Legislative Frameworks

- Brendon Lynch - Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft

In our data-rich world, there’s mounting concern that today’s privacy models and legislative frameworks are less effective in terms of protecting people’s privacy than when they were developed. It’s time to evolve our collective thinking about how societies can protect the privacy of individuals while providing for responsible, beneficial data use.    More >>

Observations from the FedRAMP Certification Process

- Scott Charney - Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing

Posted by Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft On September 30, Microsoft announced that our public cloud platform, Windows Azure, had been granted Provisional Authorities to Operate (P-ATO) from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Joint Authorization Board (JAB). The FedRAMP Program Management Office also announced recently that federal agencies can now leverage the P-ATO to support their own agency-specific cloud migration efforts. FedRAMP is a … Read more »