Ballmer: Everyone has stake in cybersecurity
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Everyone, from computer users to software vendors to government agencies, is responsible for cybersecurity, Microsoft's chief executive officer (CEO) told a crowd in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. "Security is absolutely the -- I was going to say 'a,' but I'll say 'the' -- top priority at Microsoft," Ballmer said.
Microsoft is also working on ways to block viruses and worms before computers execute their code, he added. "The computer can look at (the code) and say, 'It doesn't smell right to me. I won't execute this without asking the user for permission,'" Ballmer said of the behavior-blocking initiative he called "active protection technology."