Category Archives: Operating Systems and Application Security

Security Impact of Cloud Computing

Interesting paper titled “Understanding Cloud-Computing Vulnerabilities” appears in IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine (June 2010 issue). Authors of article are Bernd Grobauer, Tobias Walloschek, Elmar Stöcker, from Siemens (Munich, Germany). It touches topic which is very hot topic nowadays because of increased importance of cloud computing and many discussions and different views of its security advantages and drawbacks. Continue reading

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Windows Server 2008 Security Guide

Windows Server 2008 has been shipped and Security Guide for this server is here. In guide, Microsoft stated: Microsoft engineering teams, consultants, support engineers, partners, and customers have reviewed and approved this prescriptive guidance to make it: Proven. Based on … Continue reading

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Poll Results – The Most Secure Operating Systems Family

Poll “The Most Secure Operating Systems Family is?” has been closed on January 31st, 2008, after it was opened for voting more then 3 months, as planned. You had chance to vote for one of today’s popular (or less popular) … Continue reading

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Validated FIPS 140-1 and FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Modules

See list of Validated 140-1 and 140-2 Cryptographic Modules. You’ll find there that the standard crypto providers such as DSSENH and RSAENH are now certified FIPS 140-2 on Windows Vista.

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Linux Security Expert Joins Core Windows Security Team

It seems that Microsoft is going to attract Linux Security experts to join and to bring different perspective to Widnows security. Recently, Crispin Cowan, who is responsible for a number of very well respected Linux-based security technologies such as StackGuard, the … Continue reading

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