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Digest that for a while (yes it really is that big), chuck in some LiveMesh and you’ll realize that Microsoft is now not the company you may think [...]
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Azure - The Microsoft Cloud Arrives!
October 27, 2008Live Labs WebSandbox
October 27, 2008I think sandboxes will become more and more important as we continue to mash-up the web and move towards hosting applications and data in the cloud. It’s great to see LiveLabs announcing interesting work in the area at PDC.
I guess it will be eclipsed by Azure….
Security Runtime Engine
October 24, 2008Today we posted some preview details about a .NET security runtime engine we have been working on that overloads encoding methods in the .NET framework. It’s pretty cool, running at near native speed!
http://blogs.msdn.com/cisg
OWASP CISO Panel
October 20, 2008I didn’t go to OWASP NYC (put off by the vulnerability circus to be brutally honest) but I just watched the CISO panel and it’s just fantastic to see a panel of CISO’s discussing really important application security topics.
Jim Routh
‘…..view application security as a supply chain management problem’. Very wise!
‘Static analysis tools are most effective [...]
Gazza on the Software Security Market
September 12, 2008Really good article by my pal Gazza (here).
Some highlight’s include;
All told, the software security market for tools and services in 2007 was worth somewhere between $275-300 million.
One of the most important developments in the software security market can be seen in the tools space which, combined, almost doubled to $150-180 million.
…..static analysis tools for [...]
CISG Team Blog
August 25, 2008The CISG Team Blog is now operational. We are initially blogging about things we are doing with Anti-XSS (and related technologies) but plan to expand to cover our bigger projects over the coming months.
You can expect a wide range of posts from program management, user experience and code level developer commentary.
http://blogs.msdn.com/cisg/
A Great Article on Open Source HTTP Load Testing
August 24, 2008Using free software for HTTP load testing
T(c(r))rusty old Curl. Whatever happened to Elza?
Visible Web Site Flaws
July 26, 2008An interesting read picked up from the brilliant Usable Security blog.
Analyzing Websites for User-Visible Security Design Flaws


Consumer Application Security or Enterprise Application Security ?
October 21, 2008When Linus Torvalds wrote about the security circus he echoed a lot of the sentiment I have felt for a while; when it comes to software security, people care about the wrong things for the wrong reasons. The sensationalism that follows the release of security bugs is of course understandable. The popular press want to [...]
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