What Spooks Microsoft's Chief Security Advisor

alphadogg writes "Microsoft's U.S. general manager/chief security advisor for its National Security Team, Bret Arsenault, thinks like a true security professional. In every bit of good news, he wonders what bad news could be coming. Application security, virtualization security and the fact that over half of computer attacks seen by Microsoft come from the .edu domain are just some of the things keeping him up at night."

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Re:students sharpening their pens

[sucker_muts]

In the dorm I stayed 2 years ago, at the university of Antwerp (Belgium), we all had 100Mbit straight to internet connections.

(Torrent and other 'possible' illegal protocols were effectively blocked though. :-( )

I did my linux installs over the network, since 9MB/sec was faster than the speed of my dvd-drive. :-P

1992 Toyota?

[caution live frogs]

Arsenault [...] made an analogy about the tradeoffs of updating older software to his desire to add airbags to his 1992 Toyota: He can (and will) actually get it done, but it's going to cost him.

The MS chief security advisor drives a 1992 Toyota? Really? Two things come to mind here: Either Microsoft doesn't take security seriously enough to even give this guy a decent salary, or the urge to keep supporting outdated legacy crap is so ingrained at the company that even the guys at the top can't drop old tech for something better.

Of course it also makes me wonder, why can this guy take supporting a '92 car seriously, and yet the company he works for can't even make sure that the printer you bought last year will be supported in the latest OS?

Re:What Spooks Microsoft's Chief Security Advisor

[manwal]

And I for one welcome our new joke-repeating overlords.