Microsoft to simplify security alerts
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft is promising customers that it will simplify the security alerts it routinely issues on problems affecting its products. The company notified customers of pending changes to security alert bulletins in an e-mail sent Tuesday to the Microsoft Security Notification Service mailing list.
"Customer feedback tells us that, while technical professionals value our security bulletins, many end-users find them overly detailed and confusing," Steve Lipner, director of Microsoft Security Assurance, wrote in the e-mail. He also noted that many people receive notices that would be "of interest only to developers or system administrators."
To address both issues, Microsoft plans to "create a less technical end-user security bulletin that we will host, while continuing to offer more technical alerts for technology professionals. The new end-user security bulletins will describe straightforward steps that customers can take to help keep their systems secure," Lipner wrote.