* Microsoft security newsletter launched in conjunction with monthly security updates
In conjunction with the monthly “first Tuesday” security bulletin releases, Microsoft has launched two security newsletters – one for business users and one for home users.
The newsletters are intended to be monthly publications of security news, guidance, updates and community resources. Most subscribers to any of the existing professional newsletters that Microsoft publishes should have received notification of the new publication, but in case you didn’t – or simply overlooked it – you can sign up at https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=351637 (warning: you will need a “.Net Passport” account).
For those who didn’t get the first issue, it contains stories about:
* Microsoft’s future Security strategy written by Jeff Jones, senior director of the Security Business Unit (https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=351640).https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=351642).
* How Microsoft’s Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) can help secure your organization’s digital information (
The issue also includes links to lists of security bulletins and patches organized by product, and links to white papers about Microsoft’s own security practices. There is also a group of articles (the issues so-called “focus”) on securely structuring your network.
In future issues there’ll be an “ask the experts” column as well as a gathering up of frequently asked questions from security newsgroups – for example:
“Q: I got an e-mail from Microsoft about a security update. Should I run the attachment?
A: No. Microsoft NEVER sends e-mails with security update attachments.”
The Microsoft newsletter will, of course, contain information about that month’s security bulletin (and patch) releases. The sample issue I received also contained (at the very bottom) an updated listing of products scheduled for end-of-life with the effective dates. Not that I’m using “Zero Admin for NT4,” you understand, but if I were it would be good to know that support for it ends on Dec. 31.
While we at the Network World Windows Networking Tips newsletter aim to bring you the information that you need to keep your network and its resources secure, we do try to cover much more than just the security aspects of your network (although, lately, that seems to be all we talk about!). So a dedicated, focused resource such as Microsoft’s latest security newsletter could be very useful to you.
We’ll be taking a break for the holidays, so there won’t be any newsletter from me for the next two weeks. But we’ll be back right after the first of the year when we’ll take a look back at 2003 and gaze into the crystal ball to see what the new year might bring. Happy holidays!
