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Microsoft plans security training for IT professionals

Microsoft wants to end the year 500,000 IT professionals, from developers to administrators, school security issues. The prelude to 20 free form “security summit” in the U.S..

“We want to ensure that companies have appropriate security strategy,” said Mike Nash, chief security officer at Microsoft. In addition to the events in the U.S. this year, Microsoft plans to conduct similar events worldwide.

Significant progress on this issue, the company wants to do with the scheduled for summer release of SP2 for Windows XP. Besides an improved firewall should also re-checked source codes provide more security.

Just last month, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has stressed in a letter that computer security is one of the greatest challenges facing the industry. One can not simply close the gaps have emerged and then move on to the agenda.

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