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Microsoft moves beyond patches
From: Joe St Sauver <JOE () OREGON UOREGON EDU>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:49:29 -0700
I'd missed this one, but a colleague pointed it out to me... http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5085251.html?tag=st_lh "Microsoft moves beyond patches" "Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive told CNET News.com. "Although Microsoft will continue to devise ways to improve the means by which Windows users apply upgrades, or patches, to their software, the company had realized that too many customers don't upgrade quickly enough to thwart hackers. '"From our side, (it) has been a little naive to think that all of those customers are going to do patches," said Orlando Ayala, Microsoft's former sales chief, who now heads its sales push to small and midsize businesses. "It's just hard." [snip] "Ayala declined to detail Microsoft's new approach, or say whether the plans include getting further into the market of providing antivirus software. He did say that part of the effort will be a deeper relationship with firewall providers. "We are going to start putting more emphasis on what we call securing the perimeter," he said. "That speaks of a deep partnership with the firewall world." [remainder snipped] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
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