Is Windows Vista a secure operating system?

Windows Vista claims to be a very secure operating system as a result for the new security development process at Microsoft. Well, seems to be they still have flaws and they are new, not legacy ones. Take a look on this interesting link where system privileges can be obtained on a Windows Vista computer if there's physical access to it: http://www.offensive-security.com/movies/vistahack/vistahack.html

Thrice welcome!

Hi there!! Welcome also to the world of insane people who practice information security, such as Manuel and myself (well OK, mostly me.) I'm Pete Hewitt, and I work as a Senior Risk Analyst at a major financial firm. I have a bunch of letters after my last name that may or may not be relevant to information security (GAWN, GCWN, GCFA, GCIH, GWAS, CISSP, CISA, CPA if you must know) and like Manuel am a SANS course author. In fact, Manuel and I have written a SANS "Stay Sharp" course on Web Browser Forensics that we'll be occasionally discussing (*ahem* shamelessly promoting *ahem*), and we'll also be pontificating on forensics and incident response, locking down systems, network monitoring and architecture, and other things that either interest or annoy us (or both) about information security. We of course appreciate any and all responses, good or bad, to our postings.

Welcome!

Hello!!! Welcome to the insane world of computer security :) This will be the place where Peter Hewitt and me will post news for security topics and specially computer forensics :) I'm Manuel Santander, CSO at Empresas Públicas de Medellín (Medellín, Colombia), Fellow teacher at Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia and Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellín, Colombia), SANS Course Author and student for the MSISE Program at SANS Technology Institute (http://www.sans.edu). I hope you find useful the information we post here ;)