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Microsoft security guru wants Vista bugs rated less serious
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Microsoft’s own bug hunters should cut Windows Vista some slack and rate its vulnerabilities 
differently because of the operating system’s new, baked-in defenses, according to the developer who is often the public persona of the company’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process. Michael Howard, a senior security program manager in Microsoft’s security engineering group, said that the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is being too conservative in its Vista vulnerability rating plans.
Because Vista includes security techniques and technologies that Windows XP lacks, the MSRC should reconsider how it ranks Vista when a vulnerability affects both Microsoft’s new operating system and its predecessor, Windows XP, he said. Microsoft security guru wants Vista bugs rated less serious
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