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Welcome to Jesper Johansson's blog. This is my home for pontification on the web. In case this is your first time here, I have been working on information security for about 20 years, and have been writing and speaking on the topic for about 10.
My most recent book is the Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit . Because I am also a scuba instructor you may find some posts related to that topic as well. Just because it took me so long to get it, I also like to say that I have a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Minnesota.

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And finally, standard user malware: Today I finally got wind of my first piece of true standard user malware. MS Antispyware 2008 has turned standard user. The version in question installs the binaries in c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\<something>, and makes...
Posted Mon, Aug 31 2009 by jesper | 4 comment(s)
Filed under: Security Pontification, Least Privilege, Security

Admin Rights Hall Of Shame and Complaint Abuses: A few weeks ago I bought a copy of Nobeltec's Tides and Currents software. Nobeltec is a subsidiary of Jeppesen, well known for their aviation, and apparently now also marine, navigation charts. I was told this software was by far the best way to...
Posted Thu, Aug 17 2006 by jesper | 12 comment(s)
Filed under: Least Privilege, Security

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