Security the buzz word at Microsoft.

Australasian Business Intelligence, March, 2002

Mar 25, 2002 (The West Australian

ABIX via COMTEX) -- Under orders from chairman, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation staff are working on security. In November, 150 delegates were Microsoft's guests at its Trusted Computing Forum, and it was three months later that Gates told his staff to forget about adding more features to Windows 2000 and XP and concentrate on making them secure. Microsoft's Australian security manager, Calum Russell, dismisses comments from sceptics, saying there has been a "cultural change". While admitting that Microsoft has had problems, he says rivals, such as Linux and Sun Solaris, have also had security problems, while Microsoft is often the main target because it is so big. Its initiative, known as Trustworthy Computing, has three...

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