Microsoft OS's Come up as the MOST SECURE

beth.patton — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:21:00 GMT

Well this is a nice change indeed!

Symantec, in its latest research report (Internet Security Threat Report), has found that overall, Microsoft's OS is the most secure, and leads its competitors (such as RedHatLinux, Sun Solaris, and HP-UX, etc.).

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201

Brian Valentine stopped all development and forced all product groups to focus only on security. He made security the priority at Microsoft. This has resulted in Microsoft rising to the challenge of being one of the biigest targets for vulnerabilities. The battle continues, and Microsoft (like any vendor) needs to always work diligently to keep up and ahead of the curve.

And the hard work continues on Windows Server Code-Named "Longhorn" as well as recently released Windows Vista.

What does this mean? Because the OS is getting more secure, then the next area for exploiters to target is the third party applications that are running on the OS. It will be more important than ever for organizations to have strong software development practices that have serious security focus in their design, coding, and reviews, as well as the tools that their developers use (such as Visual Studio).

So keep on fighting the good fight Microsoft!

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Microsoft OS's Come up as the MOST SECURE