Microsoft expects security effort to take time
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft plans to announce on Thursday a detailed plan to combat a recent wave of security threats, but one executive told CNET News.com things won't change overnight. "I don't think it is a big bang thing," Microsoft Senior Vice President Bob Muglia said in an interview Wednesday. "I think it's an evolutionary, multistep thing."
As earlier reported, Microsoft is moving toward a strategy known as "securing the perimeter," which involves a greater reliance on firewalls and other "shields" to stop hackers from reaching potentially vulnerable PCs. Thus far, Microsoft has focused its efforts on a Trustworthy Computing initiative designed to improve the way the company writes its software as well as on finding flaws and quickly patching them as they are uncovered.