Third 'Blue Hat' hacker event at Microsoft
Microsoft employees are getting another security reality check this week. The software maker is hosting its third "Blue Hat" event, where hackers demonstrate flaws in Microsoft's product security.
A year ago, Microsoft invited several hackers to its Redmond, Wash., headquarters for the first time. That get-together was such a success that Microsoft decided to host such events twice a year. The second Blue Hat was last fall.
"It had a huge benefit to our developers," Stephen Toulouse, a program manager in Microsoft's security unit, told CNET News.com last year. The event gives executives and developers a different look at product security, he said.
