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Windows IT Pro mag on TMG: "A winner."
Windows IT Pro magazine's Russell Smith posted a positive, in-depth overview of Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 , called "Quickly Respond to Threats with Forefront TMG." The article's intro: Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Read More...
VB100 for FCS and MSE
Forefront Client Security received its 11th consecutive VB100 award for the December 2009 Edition of Virus Bulletin . Microsoft Security Essentials for consumers received its first VB100 award for its very first submission. In order to be awarded the Read More...
Dark Reading, customers and analysts on TMG
Leading security news site Dark Reading reports on the release of Forefront Threat Management Gateway - including some insightful quotes: Analyst Rob Enderle: "By focusing on the employee, Microsoft is beginning to address what I believe are some of the Read More...
Follow Forefront on Twitter
If you are a Twitter fan, be sure to follow us at http://twitter.com/MS_Forefront ! Our own John "JG" Chirapurath, senior director in the MSFT Identity and Security Business Group, is leading the Forefront Tweet charge in his typically pithy way. Come Read More...
Action by Dec 1 - keep your protection current!
A reminder from the Forefront Server Security blog . As we announced on July 1, 2009 , Microsoft is revising its engine mix on Dec. 1, 2009 for the Forefront and Antigen products. This change will allow customers to utilize a set of engines that help Read More...
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
The 7 th volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) was released today. The top finding is that worms infections in the enterprise rose by nearly 100 percent during the first half of 2009. According to the report, rogue security software Read More...
Forefront scores in VB100
Forefront Client Security (FCS) received its 10th consecutive VB100 award in the October 2009 Edition of Virus Bulletin . In order for a product to be awarded the VB100 award, it must detect 100% of the WildList malware samples and must not have any false Read More...
Schedule and Strategy Update for Forefront Endpoint Protection
Today we are announcing a schedule and strategy update for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, a component of the upcoming Forefront Protection Suite (previously codenamed “Stirling.”) We are delaying the release Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 - anti-malware Read More...
Steve Ballmer on The New Efficiency
Making business decisions regarding IT investment is tougher than ever. To help, today Microsoft hosted a special VIP Business Leadership Roundtable event. CEO Steve Ballmer and moderator Robert Youngjohns, President of the Microsoft US Subsidiary, discussed Read More...
Microsoft Security Essentials available tomorrow
Microsoft Security Essentials, the new no-cost, anti-malware service that helps protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software, will be available tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 29. It requires no registration, trials or renewals and Read More...
CERN replaces Symantec with Forefront
CERN - the European Organization for Nuclear Research - recently announced in its computing newsletter that it is replacing Symantec with Forefront Client Security to protect PCs on its network. Why? From the newsletter: By the end of this year, all NICE Read More...
Forefront Client Security v1.0 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Forefront Client Security (FCS) v1.0 is fully supported on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as of August 31, 2009. With the release of new updates available through Windows Server Update Services or Microsoft Update, customers will be able to extend Read More...
Forefront tops VB100
British tech publication V3.co.uk recently posted an article with the headline Third of anti-virus vendors fail to protect Vista . The latest tests conducted by independent anti-virus testing organization Virus Bulletin have revealed that 12 out of 35 Read More...
ID and Security in the Cloud
Many companies and IT leaders are eager to realize the benefits of cloud computing, but security is often a concern. For example, a recent study by Maritz Research found that 59% of IT leaders in the US rated security as the biggest risk with cloud. As Read More...
Analyst: The market impact of security/identity integration
Analyst Jon Oltsik of the Enterprise Strategy Group writes a column for Network World called "Networking Nuggets and Security Snippets." Last week he penned an interesting piece titled "The market impact of security/identity integration." In the article Read More...
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