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Gates Outlines Microsoft Security Strategy By Jay Wrolstad February 15, 2006 11:10AM While Microsoft has been dogged by years of less-than-perfect business practices, the company is making progress, said Forrester Research analyst Paul Stamp. "It takes time to address all of the security issues related to their products, and they are doing as good a job as anyone else in the market to protect their customers."   Related Topics Microsoft Bill Gates Windows Security Vista Latest News Endeavour Inspected for Damage Autism Risk for Kids of Older Mothers Go Online and You Can Save the Planet In Haiti, Relief Gaps Are Spreading U.S. To Form Climate-Change Agency Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday laid out a comprehensive security strategy designed to highlight improvements in the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system . He also spoke about other technologies that are becoming integral components of Microsoft's software and services as the company attempts to stay one step ahead of those attacking its technology seemingly from all sides. Gates, who delivered his message at the 2006 RSA Conference, emphasized the creation of a "trust ecosystem" that fosters accountability among computer users. Gates asserted that this accountability not only must cover individuals and organizations but also must include code and devices themselves. Industry-wide cooperation is critical to security, Gates said, citing the development of an identity-management metasystem for the safe exchange of personal information across the Internet. To that end, the Vista OS will include "InfoCards" as a critical identity-management tool. Reinventing User Authentication In addition to being native to Vista, InfoCard technology, designed to provide a greater measure of protection in accessing resources and sharing personal information on the Internet, will be delivered as part of WinFX, Microsoft's managed code programming model, and will support Internet Explorer 7, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Gates also discussed the company's commitment to simplifying identity and access management in the enterprise . Beginning with the release of Longhorn -- the next version of Windows Server -- Microsoft will expand the role of Active Directory to include rights-management services, certificate services, metadirectory services, and federation services. The expanded capabilities of Active Directory will provide customers with a unified identity- and access-management infrastructure that spans enterprise and Internet scenarios. Gates also announced the first beta of Microsoft Certificate Lifecycle Manager, a policy- and workflow-driven technology designed to streamlines the provisioning, configuration , and management of digital certificates and smart cards. Designs on Security Gates said that "isolation technologies" to protect users against the threat of malicious software, trust-based multifactor authentication, policy-based access control, and unified audit across applications must be integrated at the platform level. He issued an industry-wide call for engineering security in all stages of technology development, encouraging software developers to think of security not as an afterthought but as a "guiding principle." (continued...) 1  |  2  |  Next Page >   Tell Us What You Think Your Comment: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Advertisement  Computing 1.   Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU 2.   MS: Windows 7 Doesn't Hurt Battery 3.   Tips for More Windows 7 Productivity 4.   The Pros and Cons of Apple's iPad 5.   IBM Power7 Server Takes on Big Load EPIC Objects To Google-NSA Ties Cyberattack meant to rattle Google? Average Rating: Symbian 3 Is Now Fully Open Source But mobile OS remains linked to Nokia. Average Rating: Google Attack Highlights Black Market Paying for bug info is hotly debated. Average Rating:

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