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------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Owen Blacker <owen.blacker@wheel.co.uk> To: UK Crypto list <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Subject: Silicon.com: Microsoft's 'gagging' policy hits security sector ha rd Date sent: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:28:02 -0000 Send reply to: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
| HEADLINE: Microsoft's 'gagging' policy hits security sector hard | PUBLISHED: 3:48pm on Thursday 6th December 2001 | CHANNEL: Ebusiness security | AUTHOR: Pia Heikkila | SERVICE: http://www.silicon.com | | TEXT OF STORY FOLLOWS: | | Companies outside 'elite' circle fear the worst ... | | Microsoft's attempt to stop security experts disclosing the details | of hack attacks has raised concerns that prices for security | products and services will soar. | | The Redmond behemoth made a deal with a group of security vendors | last month to stop the open exchange of the code needed to patch up | breached systems (see http://www.silicon.com/a49019 ). | | Vendors excluded from this elite group now face the prospect of | having to charge their customers more because researching | vulnerabilities will become more costly for them now they have been | left out in the cold. | | Ofer Maor, senior consultant at security testing company Tescom, | said: "Microsoft is unlikely to divulge the vulnerability | information to the security community without a huge premium, which | means most security vendors will have to do the expensive research | themselves. The cost will be ultimately taken out of companies' IT | budgets with price increases as the security vendors need to recoup | the money spent on research somehow." | | Dr Neil Barrett, CTO of security consultancy International Risk | Management, said Microsoft is trying to corner the security market. | | "Microsoft will attempt to control access to vital information, | which means they can sell it at any price they want to. To me that's | a monopolistic situation," he said. | | Microsoft claims this move is an effort to stop hackers exploiting | security information, but the experts say the company is not helping | the IT community in any way. | | Maor said: "Microsoft does not understand that hackers don't get | their [information] from security sites - they swap information | amongst themselves. Microsoft is trying to disguise its own bad | software, not help the security community." | | For related news, see: | Microsoft refuses to play security game | http://www.silicon.com/a48333 | Microsoft retracts sys admin slur | http://www.silicon.com/a48253 | Microsoft blames laidback sys admins for IIS breaches | http://www.silicon.com/a48169 | | To buy related reports or event tickets, click: | Report: B2B Ecommerce - From EDI to E-marketplaces | http://www.silicon.com/goto-ecc-sysb2b | Report: Delivering on the E-promise - Strategies for successful | fulfillment http://www.silicon.com/goto-ecc-sysdeli | Report: Enterprise Information Portals - Who are the market leaders? | http://www.silicon.com/goto-ecc-reent | | Want to use silicon.com articles on your site? Go to: | http://www.silicon.com/feedform/index.htm | | | STORY ENDS | | For more information on silicon.com go to http://www.silicon.com. | | silicon.com - the who, what, when, where and why of ebusiness
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