Microsoft Renews Its Commitment to Security Education

Microsoft seems convinced they will. And the company is pulling out all the stops to continue to educate its users, reasoning that a more educated customer base will be a more secure customer base.Mike Nash, corporate VP in charge of Microsofts security business and technology unit, reiterated in a Web cast on Tuesday Microsofts plans to continue to deliver security-assessment and vulnerability-analysis tools as part of its educational outreach.Nash also told Web cast participants that Microsoft will release for download on Wednesday, March 17, a new scripting capability for its Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 1.2, a product which performs scans of Windows systems for security misconfigurations. The new scripting tool will allow users to scan an unlimited number of computers or IP addresses from a single input file.Nash said Microsoft is sticking to its current security-product timetable. In the first half of this year, the company will roll out its Windows XP Service Pack 2 release. (A broad-scale beta of SP2 is expected imminently.) It also will deliver the final release of its Internet Security and Acceleration 2004 product before mid-year, Nash said.Click here for the complete story... bitdefender internet security bitdefender