Microsoft opens up corporate security bulletin to all

SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft said today that it will extend its security bulletin advanced notification programme to all customers.
Starting this month, said VP Rich Kaplan at a conference this morning, Microsoft will publish a summary of planned bulletins three business days before the date it's published, which will be the second Tuesday of the month.

You can find details of that by going here, it said.

The notification provides details of the severity of possible security problems, as well as products that could be affected. You can register to be notified by email.

Kaplan also said at the RSA conference this morning that 18 European countries as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) are now members of its government security programme.