Microsoft To Prioritize Security Bugs -:- Three levels of MS vulnerability

In an effort to help customers better respond to security threats, Microsoft said it will begin adding severity ratings to its security bulletins. Under the new severity rating system, vulnerabilities in Microsoft's products will henceforth be classified as either "critical," "moderate," or "low," according to a document released by the company's Security Response Center.

In the past, Microsoft has issued security bulletins whenever a vulnerability could affect several customers, "no matter how unlikely or limited the impact," the company said. Last year Microsoft published 100 security bulletins, which warned of threats ranging from the "Clip Art Buffer Overflow" to the "Web Server Folder Traversal Vulnerability." Because its bulletins were not prioritized, Microsoft acknowledged that "all too often, customers fail to install the security patches that would protect their systems."

Microsoft To Prioritize Security Bugs

By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes

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