Microsoft Products Get Security Certified

Microsoft recently took another small step in its Trustworthy Computing initiative, access to some of the latest security authentication products.

The product won a common standard certification: in Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit version) with SP1 in Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit versions) fringe SP1 Windows Server 2003 Data Center Edition (32-bit and 64-bit versions) with SP1 Windows Server 2003 server certificate, the certificate issuance and management components (Set Group) (section three guards to protect files , Version 1.0) Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 version of Windows XP Embedded SP2 version some of the earlier versions of these products has reached the CC certification , but no Service Pack to add. The notice did not cause a lot of media attention, but it should boost Microsofts security reputation, which continues to suffer hits loopholes in the Internet Explorer.

This is because the CC certification is independent of Microsoft. CC is an international consortium of organizations, the establishment of a common security standards it applies to products, which is submitted for the tests. If the product meets these criteria, the Council issued its certification. The higher the level of certification, and better meet the agreed-upon security guidelines. And all products, whether they be from Microsoft, Oracle, CA, and others, get tested, and at the same time the same level. Microsoft products to ensure that the assessment level (real-time) 4, the highest level for the operating system. Microsoft compared favourably with other competing operating system. For example, Sun Solaris 9 to achieve real-time 4 of Mac OS X real-time 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 real-time 2 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, SP2 made by the real-time 3.