Wednesday, January 08, 2003

Do you trust your computer?


News: Security 2002: For better or worse?
Driven by terrorist attacks as well as by persistent computer viruses, security became a top priority for companies and the U.S. government in 2002.

Microsoft kicked off the year with a companywide mandate from Chairman Bill Gates to focus efforts on security, privacy and reliability. One part of the plan is the company's Palladium architecture for turning PCs into closed digital devices that can be "trusted" with music, movies and corporate secrets. So far, the only tangible results of the plan have been three delays for .Net Server and $100 million in downtime for the Windows team.

On a national level, cries of cyberterrorist threats pushed the Bush Administration to finally unveil plans for cybersecurity in September. The draft plan, however, was widely criticized as being a water-downed version of a much tougher, original plan.

All in all, companies scrambled to secure their networks yet they still remained vulnerable to ever-elaborate attacks. This was great news for security software companies which had a good year despite the tech malaise.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-978900.html

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