Trends Report

Operating System Vendors: Do More To Help Users With Server Security

April 10th, 2007
JM
Jennifer Albornoz Mulligan
With contributors:
Laura Koetzle , Eric G. Brown , Galen Schreck , Simon Yates , Alissa Dill

Summary

In November 2006, Forrester surveyed 137 server security decision-makers about their approaches to securing their server operating systems and learned about their struggle to keep their systems patched and ensure appropriate administrative controls. Operating system (OS) vendors have an opportunity to help those users — and retain their business — by revealing more about security patches and providing more preconfigured security options.

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