I have actually been impressed with the ground Microsoft has gained in the security front. They took a beating in the market on security and did something about it. Now they are preaching and teaching their SDL. http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/
<http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/>-Jeff Steward On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > I am pretty sure every person who wants to tear Microsoft down watches > Microsoft pretty closely. They then race to blog about it, brag or exploit > it. > > That gut level anti-Microsoft view by so many (many who have their jobs > supporting these products) who persist in this belief leave me in the "as > long as it performs the function I need it to perform" I will use it camp > and I will trust that the existing competition will keep them playing. > > Steven > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Not trying to be terribly anal here, but there are a few things I don't >> > trust to free products, and this is at the top of the list. >> >> MSE isn't "free"; it's paid for with your Windows license fee. >> >> I tend to avoid Microsoft's security products simply because of >> defense-in-depth. It's a "Who watches the watchmen?" thing. We're >> talking about having a Microsoft product watch for security issues in >> Microsoft products. I think it's more likely for a third-party >> product to spot things, simply because of the different point-of-view. >> This reasoning doesn't apply to everything (known-bad signature-based >> detection, for example), but for things like heuristics and rule-based >> detection, I'd expect Microsoft's own people to be more susceptible to >> Microsoft's systemic blindspots. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
