Microsoft Security Efforts Just the Beginning

Under Microsoft's Trust Worthy Computing initiative, their products they say have seen a drastic increase in both security and reliability. Will Microsoft finally plug the holes that plague their software? Read on!

After a year of work Microsoft Corp. executives say they are pleased with the progress the company has made thus far, but acknowledge that they've only just scratched the surface of what needs to be done.

Although it didn't get much attention until Bill Gates wrote his famous call-to-arms memo on the subject in January, Microsoft Chief Technology Editor Craig Mundie first articulated the company's thoughts on improving hardware and software security at its Trusted Computing 2001 Forum last November in Silicon Valley. At the time, Mundie talked about a broad plan that would need industry and governmental cooperation to implement.

Since then, Microsoft has mainly concentrated its effort on fixing internal issues with its software development and privacy practices. The most visible example of this effort being the security stand-down, during which all of the developers went through training on how to write secure code. A comprehensive review of the Windows code base was done, as well...

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