Website and blog won't give away security flaws
Microsoft is posting information from its private BlueHat security briefings on a public website.
The latest BlueHat briefings were an invitation-only event held from March 8-10th. They were attended by Microsoft Windows staff and security experts from around the world.
At the moment the site contains a list of talks by the speakers at the event and an outline of what they covered. However, Microsoft plans to add video from the spring 2006 meetings and podcasts from the individual speakers, as well as information from previous BlueHat events.
Microsoft SQL engineer Brad Sarsfield described the recent event as a free exchange of ideas on a new BlueHat blog.
"It was open and honest discussion about problems specific to Microsoft technologies and also problems that affect our enitre industry. Some of the speakers gave a condensed version of their talk during this session. Everything was fair game", said Brad Sarsfield of the Microsoft SQL Server division.
However, the website won't include details of any security flaws discussed at the event. This will stop a repeat of events in 2005, when Cisco had to get a court order to stop the discussion of security flaw that was revealed at a Black Hat security event in Las Vegas.
Microsoft is posting information from its private BlueHat security briefings on a public website.
The latest BlueHat briefings were an invitation-only event held from March 8-10th. They were attended by Microsoft Windows staff and security experts from around the world.
At the moment the site contains a list of talks by the speakers at the event and an outline of what they covered. However, Microsoft plans to add video from the spring 2006 meetings and podcasts from the individual speakers, as well as information from previous BlueHat events.
Microsoft SQL engineer Brad Sarsfield described the recent event as a free exchange of ideas on a new BlueHat blog.
"It was open and honest discussion about problems specific to Microsoft technologies and also problems that affect our enitre industry. Some of the speakers gave a condensed version of their talk during this session. Everything was fair game", said Brad Sarsfield of the Microsoft SQL Server division.
However, the website won't include details of any security flaws discussed at the event. This will stop a repeat of events in 2005, when Cisco had to get a court order to stop the discussion of security flaw that was revealed at a Black Hat security event in Las Vegas.
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