Can Microsoft take the lead in security?
ZDNet | at | by Mike
Microsoft is undergoing a major cultural shift in the way it deals with security, but it has come much later than it should have, said company executives at its TechEd conference in Brisbane. "For a long time, what was important to customers was features and performance--because our products were deployed mainly in trusted environments, where security and resiliency from attack just wasn't an issue," said Riley.
While admitting it has fallen behind, Microsoft believes it is in a position to alter the security landscape. "Microsoft has the most operating system installations out there, so it's incumbent on Microsoft to do an orders of magnitude better job than anybody else in the industry," said Valentine. "Microsoft has to lead the industry, working with partners, standards groups, even competitors. Security shouldn't be a competitive environment; we need to make sure everything we learn . . . we share with partners and industry."