Microsoft's next-generation security initiative, dubbed "Securing The Perimeter," includes a major update of the Windows Server Software Update Service (SUS) during the first half of 2004 and partnerships with firewall vendors to deflect future attacks, the company's software management chief said.. . .
Microsoft's next-generation security initiative, dubbed "Securing The Perimeter," includes a major update of the Windows Server Software Update Service (SUS) during the first half of 2004 and partnerships with firewall vendors to deflect future attacks, the company's software management chief said.

In a wide-ranging interview with CRN on Tuesday, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's Enterprise Management Division, said the company is taking significant steps beyond patch management to better secure the Windows infrastructure.

"Securing Windows is our top priority right now," said Muglia, who hit the road this week to discuss security issues and to detail the Oct. 22 launch of Systems Management Server 2003. "Securing the perimeter is how you put in place countermeasures beyond patch management. While we continue to make the operating system more secure at its core and issue patches, it's not the only thing we're focusing on."

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