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Security chief quits Microsoft

Stuart Okin, the public face of Microsoft UK's security work, has resigned... Read more

13 October, 2004 by Dan Ilett and Graeme Wearden

Put your trust in people

Stuart Okin: Security and trustworthy computing are as much about skills and training... Read more

27 March, 2003 by Stuart Okin

Users report inconsistent results from latest IE patch

...for Microsoft, but sometimes you do have to break things," he said. Stuart Okin, chief security officer at Microsoft UK told ZDNet UK that the... Read more

4 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Windows Server 2003 gets first security patch

...positive progress in Trustworthy Computing," said Microsoft's U.K. security chief, Stuart Okin, explaining that Server 2003 is significantly hardened in comparison to previous... Read more

4 June, 2003 by Peter Judge

MS security chief: We are not stopping development

...from hackers and viruses into its market-dominating software. The appointment of Stuart Okin, an e-platform technology practice manager with Microsoft Services Organisation for... Read more

15 February, 2002 by Matthew Broersma
Video: Today's biggest security threats

Video: Today's biggest security threats

Leading security experts, including Bruce Schneier and Graham Cluley, warn of increasing threats to businesses and highlight the main issues for 2007 Read more

30 April, 2007 by Will Sturgeon
Don't batten down your IT hatches

Don't batten down your IT hatches

How do you keep your systems secure but open enough to interact with partners and suppliers? Ships could hold the answer Read more

26 April, 2007 by Stuart Okin

Video: What are the biggest security threats today?

Lining up to speak to us... Bruce Schneier, Eugene Kaspersky, Stuart Okin, Graham Cluley, Greg Day... Attendees at this year's InfoSecurity show... Read more

27 April, 2007 by Will Sturgeon

ID management remains problematic for businesses

...provisioning and deprovisioning of user identities, access control, and identity federation. However, Stuart Okin, Accenture's UK head of security, said these problems can be... Read more

27 April, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Vista backlash begins

...to user interface security — will contribute to a more secure product," said Stuart Okin, Accenture's UK head of Infrastructure. Okin previously worked for Microsoft... Read more

31 January, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft UK turns to FBI for security advisor

...fraud, financial crime and intellectual-property theft, according to Microsoft. Gibson succeeds Stuart Okin, who left Microsoft in October 2004 — since when Nick McGrath, head... Read more

23 May, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...As we prepare to down keyboards and traipse out to the foyer, Stuart Okin -- Microsoft's UK security honcho -- chose that exact time to announce... Read more

15 October, 2004

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...As we prepare to down keyboards and traipse out to the foyer, Stuart Okin -- Microsoft's UK security honcho -- chose that exact time to announce... Read more

15 October, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

Don't pay for insecure software, says SANS

...year for its auto-updates service. Chief security advisor for Microsoft UK Stuart Okin said that vendors are already doing as much as they can... Read more

11 October, 2004 by Dan Ilet

2004: Internet Explorer's year of shame

...users should not be tempted to switch over to an alternative browser. Stuart Okin, chief security officer at Microsoft UK, said IE is a "very... Read more

9 July, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

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