Report

March 2003

Can Microsoft Be Secure?

Laura Koetzle 		Today's approach to Windows security isn't working -- and just exhorting firms to try harder isn't the answer. Instead, Microsoft must forge a new security partnership with both users and ISVs.

INTERVIEWS
  • 74% of users don't trust Microsoft security.
  • Nine out of 10 users deploy sensitive applications on Windows, anyway.
ANALYSIS
  • Microsoft released patches for the top nine Windows security flaws an average of 305 days before the major exploits hit.
  • Users must re-evaluate the security of default Windows configurations at least every three months.
WHAT IT MEANS
  • Red Hat must perfect patch management by mid-2004.
 
Figures & Data
  • Figure 1.  Firms Complain About Microsoft Security But Don't Do Much About It
  • Figure 2.  Microsoft Issues Patches, But Users Don't Apply Them
  • Figure 3.  Roles And Responsibilities Through The Security Life Cycle
  • Figure 4.  Fixing Patch Management
   
RELATED MATERIAL 
  • Companies Interviewed For This Report
  • Related Research
 
GRAPEVINE
  • One thing at a time: Let's work on not getting laughed off the stage.
  • Shaken, not stirred.
  • Big Mac meets big pipe.
  • Clippy rides again.

 

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