How Microsoft Handles Its Own Security

There was a fascinating article in Computer World this week about how Microsoft handles its own security.

The article described steps Microsoft uses to fight off 100,000 attacks per month. A lot of it was some simple good common sense approaches to security that any organization should take.

Among the items were the following:

• Two-factor authentication


• Network access control


• Encryption and strong passwords


• E-Mail and IM without a VPN


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