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Microsoft No Longer a 'Laughingstock' of Security?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the set-the-bar-high-guys dept.

Toreo asesino writes "In a Q&A with Scott Charney, the vice president of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, Charney suggests that security in Microsoft products has moved on from being the 'laughing stock' of the IT industry to something more respectable. He largely attributes this to the new Security Development Lifecycle implemented in development practices nearly six years ago. 'The challenge is really quite often in dealing with unrealistic expectations. We still have vulnerabilities in our code, and we'll never reduce them to zero. So sometimes we will have a vulnerability and people say to me, "So the [Security Development Lifecycle (SDL)] is a failure right?" No it isn't. It was our aspirational goal that the SDL will get rid of every bug.'"

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  1. Riggghhhht! by Mikkeles · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we just snicker and giggle!

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  2. Get that man a dictionary! by navygeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    No Longer a 'Laughingstock' of Security
    He keeps saying those words... I do not think they mean what the thinks they mean...
    1. Re:Get that man a dictionary! by provigilman · · Score: 3, Funny

      My name is Scott Charney, you laugh at my company, prepare to die.

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  3. Of COURSE they're not the laughing stock... by 15973 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...now if you'll excuse me, I have to go delete the spam that was sent from a botnet of computers that are running a series of a particular OS that shall remain nameless...

  4. Re:Says who? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, respect in security is like with all kinds of respect. It is earned, not demanded or bought. But look [Allow | Cancel] "Allow" at how much more [Allow | Cancel] "Allow" secure Microsoft's [Allow | Cancel] "Allow" products are [Allow | Cancel] "Allow" today!

    How can you [Allow | Cancel] "Allow" say that they [Allow | Cancel] "Allow" are still a [Allow | Cancel] "Allow" laughingstock?

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  5. *points* by ThreeDeadTrolls · · Score: 2, Funny

    hahahahaahahahahah! *falls over* hahaha haa lmao lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahaha ha... *breath* haha... ha ahhhhhhhh Nope, still works.

  6. Feh! by r3b00tm0nk3y · · Score: 2, Funny

    All modern operating systems are still struggling to catch up to the Atari 800.
    Even now it sits impenetrable with layer one security from both the Internet and power grid in my closet!

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  7. Re:STILL the Laughing Stock! by GreyPoopon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, Microsoft has Windows and IE asking so many security messages, that the users automatically say yes, once again, reducing all of their efforts to ashes. And you still can't run IE under a separate user account.

    You are considering becoming complacent and answering yes to all security pop-ups. Accept or Deny?
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  8. Heh by gammygator · · Score: 2, Funny

    They aren't a laughing stock because it just isn't funny anymore.

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  9. The good news by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    is that MS is no longer a laughingstock. The bad news is, now we're crying instead.

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  10. Re:Says who? by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if anyone's ever tried 'cancel'.. I'm guessing that doing so would cause the machine to hang.

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    which is totally what she said