Thor's Microsoft Security Bible

Introduction

What is security? Is it a mindset? Is it a measurable and actionable posture or position? Or is it a bit of both? People, as a race, learn from doing; they learn by example. Ingrained into our psyche is a process that builds new information upon previous knowledge as we learn. As Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Basically, we bring in a foundation of old information as we process new information.

But this does not always work in our favor, particularly in the area of technology. Technology has a way of exposing the flaws in past ways of thinking by filling in the gaps between human assumptions. Technology answers many of the questions that, frankly, were previously ...