Air Force turns to Microsoft for network security
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New deal aims to simplify and protect Air Force networks by introducing standard configurations.
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Microsoft Corp. on Friday said that together with Dell Inc. it will provide the Air Force with software and related support services to simplify the acquisition process in an agreement worth up to $500 million over six years.
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OCTOBER 18, 2004  - Network giant Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced a collaborative effort to bridge a divide between their emerging network access security architectures.
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Microsoft has included new security-related APIs in soon-to-be-released service packs for Windows Vista and XP to expand the use of Data Execution Prevention, an anti-exploit technology.
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(Source: AT&T)  From managing unrestricted Web surfing to thwarting unwanted criminal intrusions, new focus is being placed on security.
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The city has awarded defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $500 million contract to build a wireless network that will let police and firefighters plug into city computer systems, even when they are rushing to emergencies.
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This article will highlight the security issues involved with providing Outlook Web Access or full Outlook client connections over the Internet, and then discuss how Microsoft's new ISA Server 2004 can be configured to mitigate these threats.
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(InfoWorld) - Several technology companies will build a system to let the U.S. government share data securely among its various agencies, a goal it has struggled to achieve since the September 2001 terrorist attacks. The aim of the Secure Information Sharing Infrastructure (SISA) project is to create a system that allows data to be shared between the agencies, but in a way that ensures only the people who are authorized to access data are able to do so. Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and EMC will provide commercial, off-the-shelf products, with smaller vendors contributing specific technologies. Cisco will focus on secure networks and data protection, Microsoft on identity management and OSes, and EMC on storage. Also participating are Liquid Machines on content protection, Swan Island Networks on information-sharing architectures and Titus Labs on information labeling and classification. The business alliance between the companies will be managed by Addx. The companies didn't provide a timetable or cost for the system, and government representatives weren't available early Tuesday. A report released in 2004 by the 9/11 Commission, which investigated the terrorist attacks, found that U.S. intelligence agencies had cumbersome information-sharing practices that hampered their ability to counter terrorism. The vendors' Web site gave scenarios of how the SISA system might be used. In one, a law enforcement agency raids an apartment and finds documents and financial ledgers in a foreign language. The material could be posted on an information-sharing site to be viewed by an investigator in another country. The companies also gave a general view of how a person would be authenticated and access information from the network. A SISA administrator at a command center will access a user's profile in Microsoft's Active Directory, then establish a VPN (virtual private network) to let the user access the files they are permitted to view. Cisco Security Agent governs the user's access to specific resources, such as write capabilities or a USB device, and the contents of e-mails and documents are protected with Liquid Machines and Microsoft's Rights Management Services (RMS). Â
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Triple alliance. Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) on Friday announced that it will join with Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) to furnish the US Air Force with software and related tech support
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The former plans to team up its intrusion prevention technology with the latter's vulnerability management software.
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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has issued significant security enhancements to its operating system software, making the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) available for download.
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Microsoft issues patches for holes that could allow remote attackers to gain control of your PC.
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Their biggest clients hit hard by viruses, worms and other attacks, Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are planning to work together to help their corporate customers fight back.
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Under the effort announced today, the two will share APIs and develop protocols to enable better interoperability between Microsoft's Network Access Protection technology and Cisco's Network Admission Control technology.
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College students returning to school this fall will find that many of their information systems departments - like business operations - are taking a go-slow approach to Microsoft&#39;s big anti-hacker upgrade, Windows Service Pack 2.
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By Kenyon, Henry S  Software suite allows message traffic across domains, security levels.  The U.S. military is developing a suite of software applications that will allow secure communications between different national computer networks.
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Computer Associates International (CA) has released a new tool for managing and securing wireless networks that attracted significant customer interest when it was previewed earlier this year.