Microsoft's Vulnerability Plan: Under Government Scrutiny

Microsoft Corp.'s vulnerability-handling plan is a good start but may end up being insufficient as the specter of government regulation of Internet security looms, according to security experts. As IT security administrators and CIOs were absorbing the details of Microsoft's plan . . . Microsoft Corp.'s vulnerability-handling plan is a good start but may end up being insufficient as the specter of government regulation of Internet security looms, according to security experts. As IT security administrators and CIOs were absorbing the details of Microsoft's plan last week (see "Cracking Down on Hackers"), the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Department of Commerce's Subcommittee on Commerce Trade and Consumer Protection was holding hearings to determine whether the industry was doing everything possible to secure the nation's computing infrastructure.

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