As well as ensuring that senior staff oversee security, firms also need to put a good patching mechanism in place to be used across the organisation. Trained staff, appropriate technology and a test …
Microsoft to Fund University Virus Testing Course
Microsoft Corp has stepped up its ties to academia, pledging the funding and know-how to train students at the University of Leeds to write bug-free software, the company said on Friday. The …
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Decoding the Lessons of Slammer
A viral one-two punch--the Code Red and Nimda worms--convinced Microsoft in mid-2001 that security needed to become its top priority. That decision led directly to the creation of the company's …
Premier 100: Microsoft security czar critiques company's efforts
Listeners praised Microsoft Corp.'s recent efforts to improve product security and patch management after hearing them described in detail by Scott Charney, the company's chief security strategist. …
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Microsoft Forms Academic Advisory Board
As an extension of its ongoing effort to improve the security of its products, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced that is has formed an academic advisory board to offer advice and comments on …
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Old Code in Windows is Security Threat
Microsoft will more quickly retire old code in its Windows operating system and other software as a result of the company`s four-month-old "trustworthy computing" initiative, the company`s lead bug …
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Bin Laden Declaration of War
During the oil boom of the Middle East during the 1970s, Mohammad bin Ladin, an ordinary from Yemen came and settled with his family in Saudi Arabia. He opened a business which later proved to be on …