Microsoft's Forefront group eying compliance market
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Security vendors Symantec and McAfee Inc. may soon find Microsoft competing with them in a new market.
Microsoft has developed network-scanning technology, internally known as Spider, that scans PCs for security vulnerabilities, ensures that the latest patches are installed, and that PCs have the required software to put them in compliance with corporate IT policy.
The software was developed by Microsoft's IT group to clamp down on security problems within Microsoft's own network, but the company is now looking at adapting it for its Forefront line of security products, said Mark Estberg, a director with Microsoft Information Security, speaking at the SecureWorld Expo Thursday.