Microsoft devotes a lot of resources to shoring up networks (and home computers) against viruses and worms and other nasty cybercreatures. (Just ask any user bombarded with the software giant's frequent "security updates" and program patches.)
Now the company is throwing those resources behind a consortium that builds more-secure networks at colleges and universities, they announced at an Internet security conference yesterday. The Microsoft Security Response Alliance–the company's Internet-safety SWAT team–is putting its weight behind the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC). Hosted at Indiana University, the awkwardly named center alerts academic institutions to network threats.
Allied with Microsoft, the center hopes to benefit from the company's technical knowledge to better solve cases of network insecurity. –Josh Fischman
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