Microsoft gleans top 10 basic security errors from help desk calls
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:39 PM
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Users who address these 10 key security principles will enjoy a more protective home or office environment. Computer security is only as strong as it's weakest link and a comprehensive plan of protection is always needed.
Microsoft gleans top 10 basic security errors from help desk calls
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/10imlaws.mspx?mfr=true
QUOTE: Here at the Microsoft Security Response Center, we investigate thousands of security reports every year. In some cases, we find that a report describes a bona fide security vulnerability resulting from a flaw in one of our products; when this happens, we develop a patch as quickly as possible to correct the error. (See "A Tour of the Microsoft Security Response Center"). In other cases, the reported problems simply result from a mistake someone made in using the product. But many fall in between. They discuss real security problems, but the problems don't result from product flaws. Over the years, we've developed a list of issues like these, that we call the 10 Immutable Laws of Security.