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SecurityGuy 002: Thomas Dawkins and MSAT Tool

Jeff Jones — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:45:00 GMT

Thomas Dawkins works with me here in the Trustworthy Computing group at Microsoft and one of his key projects is the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT). In this interview, I talk to Thomas about what got him interested in security and why he is pursuing a security career at Microsoft. We additionally discuss the MSAT and how it helps solve a commom security problem for customers - helping establish a baseline for security in their Enterprise and manage an action plan for resolutions.

1H08 Vulnerability Trends - Part 2 - Microsoft

Jeff Jones — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Microsoft published the Security Intelligence Report v5 last week, and as the contributor responsible for vulnerability trend analysis, I thought it would be interesting to present the information on my sections.

This second (of two) video covers Microsoft software trends for vulnerability disclosures for the first half of 2008.

SecurityGuy 001 - Interview with MSRC Leader Mike Reavey

Jeff Jones — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:11:00 GMT

Mike Reavey is the Group Manager for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), where he has worked since joining Microsoft about five years ago. In this interview, I talk to Mike about what got him interested in security and why he is pursuing a security career at Microsoft. We additionally discuss how the MSRC interaction with customers drives change in the security response process.

Mike is a contributor to the MSRC Blog, where you can here more from the MSRC team on current security issues.

Regards ~ Jeff