Microsoft's Muglia details 'Securing The Perimeter' initiati
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Microsoft's next-generation security initiative, dubbed "Securing The Perimeter," includes a major update of the Windows Server Software Update Service (SUS) during the first half of 2004 and partnerships with firewall vendors to deflect future attacks, the company's software management chief said.
In a wide-ranging interview with CRN on Tuesday, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's Enterprise Management Division, said the company is taking significant steps beyond patch management to better secure the Windows infrastructure.
He likened Microsoft's Securing the Perimeter plan to installing a fence around a compound, or a gated community for homeowners. Stepped-up security measures can't eliminate break-ins, but they can reduce or thwart attempts by robbers--or, in the case of software, hackers--he explained.