Microsoft chief software architect Bill Gates claimed this week that his company has made great security strides, responding quickly enough and well enough to the increasing danger of attackers who are now using automation techniques to strike more quickly at exposed Windows systems. Gates pointed to improvements in the time it has taken Microsoft to respond to significant security issues, as well as improvements to upcoming defense measures that will be rolled out in the upcoming months — primarily default enablement of the Windows XP firewall and automatic update features.
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Gates Says Microsoft Security Moving Forward
Posted by: Jay Lyman June 29, 2004 02:37 PMMicrosoft chief software architect Bill Gates claimed this week that his company has made great security strides, responding quickly enough and well enough to the increasing danger of attackers who are now using automation techniques to strike more quickly at exposed Windows systems. Gates pointed to improvements in the time it has taken Microsoft to respond to significant security issues, as well as improvements to upcoming defense measures that will be rolled out in the upcoming months — primarily default enablement of the Windows XP firewall and automatic update features.