Windows Patches to United States Government First

One month lead time on MS patches planned for US government

Published on March 11, 2005 By Zargon In Pure Technology

See below… this should be a three tier approach. Government, financial institutions, fortune 500, ROW. Of course secrecy is key. The question surrounds the ability of the public sector to keep a lid on that information. Is security clearance to work in the public sector next?

Quote from WinInfo News:
US Government to Get Windows Patches First
Microsoft said this week that it will give the US government
priority when it comes to disclosing and fixing security flaws in
Windows and other software. The company will give the US Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) versions of critical software fixes up to a
month before they're publicly released, according to reports. Then the
DHS will distribute the fixes to other government agencies.

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