[HIB]The importance of sharing security know-how

In an ongoing effort to promote a more secure computing environment, software giant Microsoft has increased its efforts to share its in-house SDL [secure development lifecycle] practice throughout the industry. Adoption of this secure architecture would help reduce the number of vulnerabilities as well as promote continuous improvements, it said. "SDL is secure by default and has a long history within the company," said Microsoft senior director, Trustworthy Computing Security [TwC], security engineering strategy, Steve Lipner, who has a 40-year career in information security. "The push to greater security has achieved rapid improvements but security must be integrated into the software development lifecycle," said Lipner. "SDL comprises all the phases of creating, developing, and maintaining software and solutions: training, requirements, design, implementation, verification, release, and response."

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