New dashboard gives eagle's-eye view of Microsoft's security flaws


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All the bad news about all the 'wares you use, all in one place

By Neil McAllister, 29 May 2014  Microsoft has launched a new dashboard service designed to make it easier for systems admins to view the latest security bulletins for a range of Microsoft software.
 
The idea behind the service, called myBulletins, is to allow admins to subscribe to security bulletins for only those products that are in use in their environments and ignore bulletins for products that aren't.
 In a blog post on Wednesday, Tracey Praetorius of Redmond's Trustworthy Computing group said the service was crafted based on customer requests.
 
"You shared that you needed the ability to cut through complexity and make decisions quickly," Praetorius wrote. "You wanted help identifying the information that is most relevant to your organization. We heard you and acted on your feedback."
 
Among the products for which security bulletins are available in the dashboard are Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, some server products, and even developer tools like Visual Studio. In many cases, this includes older versions; the tool even offers bulletins for Windows XP, for example, which as we all know isn't getting any more 
 
 
https:///t5/forums/postpage/board-id/Microsoft has launched a new dashboard service designed to make it easier for systems admins to view the latest security bulletins for a range of Microsoft software. The idea behind the service, called myBulletins, is to allow admins to subscribe to security bulletins for only those products that are in use in their environments and ignore bulletins for products that aren't. In a blog post on Wednesday, Tracey Praetorius of Redmond's Trustworthy Computing group said the service was crafted based on customer requests. "You shared that you needed the ability to cut through complexity and make decisions quickly," Praetorius wrote. "You wanted help identifying the information that is most relevant to your organization. We heard you and acted on your feedback." Among the products for which security bulletins are available in the dashboard are Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, some server products, and even developer tools like Visual Studio. In many cases, this includes older versions; the tool even offers bulletins for Windows XP, for example, which as we all know isn't getting any more
 
Now, whilst I think that this is a good idea, and very customer facing...it only serves to highlight that there is still a significant issue with security flaws...despite all the recent improvements...sort of self defeating...but I am glad that they have had the courage to do it.

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