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August 2005 - Posts

Some Blogs to go read....

posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:45 PM by cavis
Jesper Johansson recently started blogging. He is a Sr. Program Manager in the MS Security Business Unit. If you want to know the straight dope on security, he knows it. Steve Riley is also a Sr. PM in the SBU. I have seen Steve present and I have Read More
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I super take it all back.....

posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:52 PM by cavis
....and as a naturalized Texan I should never have had any pre-conceived notions about how the evening would turn out.Southern California has made me soft which is something I thought only happened north of Bakersfield. My sincerest apologies to my southern Read More
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I Take it all back....

posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:21 PM by cavis
....I just found the menu - the list of tracks they have - and they have a kick ass selection.....'Hollaback Girl' playing on the jukebox...Opening with....Incubus - 'Drive'Rest of the set list in the morning...Cheers again! Read More
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Postcards From the Edge of Okie town....

posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:58 PM by cavis
Here I am in a bar callled "Hawaiian Don's" about 1 mile away from OSU waiting for the KJ to show up.There are roughly 30 college students drinking a wide and varied assortment of drinks that serve no other purpose than to lessen inhibitions and relieve Read More
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News Downloads for Live Communications Server 2005 - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 9:16 PM by cavis
LCS 2005 with SP1 MP for MOM 2005 — The Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1 Management Pack for MOM 2005 monitors the health of computers running Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1 on Windows Server 2003 and alerts IT administrators about Read More
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News Downloads for Windows XP - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 9:13 PM by cavis
Update for Windows XP – KB886540 — Installation of the Media Pack will ensure that software programs and Web sites that rely on Windows files not included in Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows XP Professional N will work properly. After Read More
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New Downloads for MOM 2005 - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 9:11 PM by cavis
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 MP for MOM 2005 — Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a server software application that enables disk-based data protection and recovery for file servers within an Active Read More
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New Downloads for Developers (Various Products) - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 9:08 PM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for developers is located at these links:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx   http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14  http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/  Read More
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New Dowloads for SharePoint - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 8:45 PM by cavis
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Word Breaker Update — This update includes seven word breakers for use with SharePoint Portal Server 2003. The word breakers are used to word break documents in the following languages: Czech Danish Greek Hebrew Read More
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New Downloads for Small Business Server - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 8:41 PM by cavis
Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started with WSUS on SBS 2003 — Microsoft® Windows Server™ Update Services (WSUS) provides a comprehensive solution for managing updates within your network. This document tells you how to deploy WSUS Read More
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New Downloads - Security Related - Weekending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 8:38 PM by cavis
Introduction to Server and Domain Isolation with Microsoft Windows — You can mitigate some of the risks associated with unauthorized and potentially unfriendly access to your network and its resources by creating an isolated network. There Read More
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New Downloads for Office 2003 - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 8:27 PM by cavis
Office 2003 Publication: Office Online Training Course Quick Reference Cards Content — Free Web-based training courses on Office Online are one of the best ways to gain valuable expertise on the Microsoft Office System programs. What's in Read More
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New Downloads for Windows Server 2003 - Week Ending - 8/26

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 8:20 PM by cavis
Storage Manager for SANS Quick Start Guide — The Storage Manager for SANs component of the Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 R2 operating system enables you to provision storage on one or more storage subsystems on a storage area network (SAN). Read More
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SQL 2072......

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 10:37 AM by cavis
Wow.   Learning a lot and we are only 3 hours in.  We have a good instructor - uses a lot of good analogies to communicate concepts. I can finally separate some of the SQL 2000 info from SQL 2005 properly and will have a much better foundation Read More
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Killing time in the airport......reminiscing....

posted Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:04 PM by cavis
6:20am – UA Flight # 77 – Seat 11c Destination: Dallas by way of Denver Note One – I have discovered I can’t write a short blog entry. I am the Stephen King of bloggers - in length only, not style, creativity or quality. Read More
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Draft Day Results....

posted Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:07 PM by cavis
….I had first pick and I am happy with my choice……and for the most part I am happy. I still get to pick up some players in waivers before the first game to shore up the roster so I may have a little more depth in a week or so. Here Read More
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Are you ready for some Fantasy Football!!

posted Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:56 AM by cavis
Today is draft day!Yours truly has pick #1......Results later this evening...Cheers! Read More
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Power Issues

posted Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:34 PM by cavis
Apparently there have been power issues in Cali (No Way!) and my place was hit with blackouts. Unfortunately my DC and my Web Server don’t auto power on after a blackout so things were offline again today for a couple hours till I made some calls Read More
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Security Enhancements in Windows 2003 SP1 Webcast Info

posted Friday, August 26, 2005 12:41 PM by cavis
As promised on my webcast from this morning, here are some resources on the Security enhancements to SP1 as well as some specific docs around Quarantine Services.   These documents are VERY high level. Overviews really. No meat, just gravy. Oh Read More
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Blogging with a Pocket PC...

posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:04 PM by cavis
I am getting into this blogging thing....In fact, consider this my replacement for all the FPS games I gave up a couple years back because they were just too addictive for me. (I did jump back into the fray for Halo 2 but I avoided XBox live with it.....I Read More
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Mirror, Mirror on the Lan.....is my data in the can?

posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:50 PM by cavis
<first…….go grab yourself a 6 pack….this is a long one> <beer 1> I admit it…..I am a SQL n00b…..So I am taking a SQL 2072 course next week in Oklahoma City. Go ahead…..I know you want to…..have your chuckle about how Oklahoma sucks and you Read More
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Blog Downtime....

posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:05 PM by cavis
For the 4 people that have ever read my blog….. My apologies for the up/down status of the server for the last hour. My ISA Firewall server is connected to an OLD Belkin OMNIView and for some reason it would not pipe anything out to my monitor. Read More
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Technophobe? or Just Silly....

posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:48 AM by cavis
I have been wondering about our (humans) dependence on technology a lot lately. Particularly electronic technology. Since these devices all rely on electricity, and solar power just isn’t up to snuff, what is going to happen when we do finally run Read More
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SQL 2005 Roadshow coming to LA

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 8:54 PM by cavis
The SQL 2005 Roadshow hits LA on Sept 8th. $99 if you register online now……$150 if you walk-in. Get the facts about migrating to SQL Server™ 2005 in one information-packed day in a city near you! SQL Server experts from Scalability Read More
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New Downloads for Sharepoint - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:35 AM by cavis
Applications for Windows Sharepoint Services — These application templates are tailored to address the needs and requirements for specific business processes or sets of tasks for organizations of any size. The applications are the first out-of-box Read More
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New Downloads for Exchange - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:34 AM by cavis
Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Community Technology Preview (CTP) — The software included in this Exchange Server 2003 SP2 CTP download is intended for evaluation and deployment planning purposes only, and not for production use. CTP releases of Read More
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New Downloads for SBS 2003 - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:32 AM by cavis
SBS 2003 Value Guide – Is Your Business Ready for a Server? – Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Business Value Guide - Is Your Business Ready for a Server. A guide for businesses with 2-50 computers. Informational guide about Read More
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New Downloads for Windows 2003 - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:30 AM by cavis
Update for Windows 2003 x64 Edition – KB899656 — On some multi-processor x64 systems, Windows Server 2003 SP1 does not correctly recognize all configured processors when hyper-threading is enabled. This occurs when the BIOS has been designed Read More
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New Downloads for Office - Week Ending - 9/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:28 AM by cavis
Office 2003 Add-in: Outlook Calendar Views — The Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Calendar Views Add-in makes it easy for you to view your Outlook Calendar appointments through a filter that is based on Outlook labels and categories. For example, Read More
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New Downloads for Security - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:22 AM by cavis
Understanding Security in Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP SP2 — Web browser security is a major concern for individuals and organizations. Each time a new vulnerability is found, news headlines proclaim dire warnings. As a result of their Read More
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New Downloads for Windows Server Update Services - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:12 AM by cavis
Microsft Windows Server Update Services — An introduction to Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), providing information about features as well as server and client computer requirements. In addition, you will find examples of WSUS Read More
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New Developer Downloads - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 6:07 AM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for Developers is located at these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14 http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/ Read More
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New Downloads for Developers (Visual Studio) - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 5:59 AM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for Developers is located at these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14 http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/ Read More
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New Downloads for Developers (Windows CE) - Week Ending - 8/19

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 5:58 AM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for Developers is located at these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14 http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/ Read More
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Slides for Rock Solid SQL

posted Friday, August 19, 2005 2:33 PM by cavis
I have received a number of requests for the slide decks from our Rock Solid SQL 2005 session so I have decided to post them here and refer people to the blog instead of flodding the MS Mail servers with a buch of decks. Cheers! Read More
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News Scripting Downloads - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:36 PM by cavis
Using WSRM and Scripts to Manage Clusters — Microsoft® Windows® System Resource Manager (WSRM) is a feature that is included in Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Datacenter Edition, and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. This paper describes how you Read More
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New Security Downloads - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:34 PM by cavis
Visio Connector for MBSA — The Visio Connector for MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer) is a Visio COM add-in that allows IT administrators to view the results of an MBSA network scan on a Visio network diagram. Enterprise Update Scan Tool v2 Read More
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New Downloads for Live Communications Server - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:28 PM by cavis
LCS 2005: Deploying Intelligent Instant Message Filter — The Intelligent Instant Message Filter program helps protect your Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server deployment against the spread of the most common forms of virus with minimal Read More
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New Downloads for MOM - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:22 PM by cavis
Management Pack Notifier for MOM 2005 — The Microsoft® Management Pack Notifier Management Pack enables the generation of Informational alerts as updated management pack are released. Once installed this Management Pack will periodically contact Read More
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New Downloads for WSUS - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:17 PM by cavis
Read Me for Windows Server Updates Services — This document contains release notes for Microsoft® Software Update Services (SUS) to Windows Server™ Update Services (WSUS). Cheers! Read More
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New Downloads for SMS - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:14 PM by cavis
Scenarios and Procedures for SMS 2003: Security — Securing your Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) environment is not a task you can complete once and forget about. You get secure, either by planning a secure implementation or securing Read More
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New Media Center Downloads - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:02 PM by cavis
The .NET Show: Windows XP Media Center Edition — In this episode John Canning, Charlie Owen, and Michael Creasy share with us some details about Windows XP Media Center Edition and how it provides an integrated home audio and video experience. Read More
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New Exchange Downloads - Week Ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:59 PM by cavis
Exchange Server 2003 Domain Rename Fixup (XDR-Fixup) — Fixes Exchange attributes in Active Directory after using the Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 domain rename tool. Exchange Server 2003 Load Simulator (LoadSim) — Use Microsoft Read More
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New Developer Downloads for week ending - 8/13

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:52 PM by cavis
MSXML Parser 3.0 SDK — The MSXML 3 SDK includes documentation for server-safe HTTP access, XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)/XPath (XML Path Language), and SAX2 (Simple API for XML). MSXML 3.0 SP7 – The Microsoft® Read More
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Rock Solid SQL Resources

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:03 PM by cavis
I am currently delivering some Live Technet Briefings on SQL 2005. I have collected a series of resources here to support the sessions as well as address some of the questiond that come up during the sessions…. Cheers! How to find a Live Rock Read More
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Updated -- MS Announces Xbox 360 Pricing...

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:43 AM by cavis
Press announcement on Xbox 360 pricing…… There is also a list of features including a bundle pack  that will be available. Also check out Doom co-creator John Carmack at QuakeCon giving Microsoft and the Xbox 360 a thumbs up…. The Holidays are Read More
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The Waiting Game.....

posted Monday, August 15, 2005 4:05 PM by cavis
Anytime you wait for technology to refine itself and THEN jump in to the fray, you run the risk of not knowing what everyone else takes for granted. I have been learning this first hand with becoming a blogger. I am roughly 2 years behind the blog-rush Read More
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Karaoke and the challenge....

posted Sunday, August 14, 2005 5:48 PM by cavis
Okay. I admit it. I like Karaoke. I have been going to Karaoke bars/clubs/places for 12 years now. I started gong with some acquaintances from a BBS I used to run in the Dallas area. For 5 years I only sang one song ever – Wicked Game by Chris Isaak. Read More
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When Demos Fail......

posted Friday, August 12, 2005 2:03 PM by cavis
ugh……. Demonstrating a product can be a love/hate relationship. BillG knows this first hand from the famous and quite public Comdex 1998 USB Crash. I like demos. In fact I prefer demos to all of the slides because, when they work, they seem to communicate Read More
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Enumerating Shares and their ACL's

posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:04 PM by cavis
I recently did a webcast on Windows 2003 Remote Administration and ran into a few issues (mainly me being long winded) and wasn’t able to complete some of the demos. As a result, I have received a number of requests for information on specific Read More
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Microsoft Virtualization Roadmap

posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:30 AM by cavis
This nice little titbit regarding virtulization came across the wire today…… ----------------------------------- Microsoft President, Steve Ballmer, stated publicly at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas on April 20th, 2005 that we see virtualization Read More
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Securing the Perimeter with ISA

posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:39 PM by cavis
I will be delivering a webcast this Friday on Securing your Perimeter with ISA 2004. I have provided supporting links and docs below for what will be discussed in the webcast. ISAServer.org ISA 2004 SP1 ISA 2000 SP2 ISA 2004 Hardening Guide Using Read More
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AD Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Webcast

posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:08 PM by cavis
I will be delivering an AD Diagnostics & Troubleshooting Webcast this Friday.  I have collected all the working links for the important docs and utilities that will be mentioned or demo’d in this session. Session materials Designing Read More
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Active Directory Remote Administration WebCast

posted Tuesday, August 09, 2005 8:26 AM by cavis
***Updated*** ***I added references to the tools that I was unable to demo due to time *** I will be delivering a WebCast on the above subject tomorrow. I am doing Part 2 of the webcast while my most excellent colleague, Chris Henley, presented Part Read More
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Picture Testing.....

posted Monday, August 08, 2005 9:37 PM by cavis
I happened to be on vacation in London when the bomb scares were going on. In fact, we arrived in London on the 21st, the day of the failed attempts. We didn’t want to let the recent events deter us so we rode the tubes while we were there…. And one Read More
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Oh....I am dangerous now......

posted Monday, August 08, 2005 6:59 PM by cavis
Being new to the blog-o-verse, I am learning the tools of the trade. I spent the better part of today fumbling with a combination of BlogJet, Community Server, MetaBlog API’s, Windows 2003 NTFS Permissions, IIS Configurations, and finally, ISA 2004. Read More
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Time for some Tech Stuff.....

posted Monday, August 08, 2005 10:42 AM by cavis
I am delivering some Live Technet Briefings next week in Santa Barbara, CA on 8/16 and Burbank, CA on 8/18. I am delivering the same sessions in Irvine, Ca on 9/13 and San Diego, Ca on 9/15. The subject will be SQL 2005 and will be a little different Read More
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Billy Bob Thornton......please call me...

posted Sunday, August 07, 2005 10:20 AM by cavis
For the last few months I have bitching to myself about how when I mow the yard, my mulching mower doesn't seem to be mulching anything. So I make the call to get a new mower blade because when I bought the mower it did a very good job. Now this isn't Read More
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San Diego NPA

posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:57 PM by cavis
I went to an NPA mixer this evening and met some interesting folks. Going to remember as many names as possible....Phil, Jeffrey, Jay, Richard, Marc, Daniel, and Elisa. And thanks to Chris for inviting me out. This particular mixer was for the San Read More
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Security Risk Management Webcast Info

posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 4:39 PM by cavis
I delivered a webcast yesterday on Security Risk Management. I promised some resources and links to some of the items mentions in the webcast. Of particular interest were the following items -- Microsoft Security Risk Management Guide National Instutute Read More
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Stewed Prunes....

posted Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:02 PM by cavis
I finally have a blog.... ....and it has been an experience getting here. I have spent the last year asking myself - Do I even want to do a blog?  Well, I am actually going to leave that discussion for another day. I have reasons for blogging. Read More
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