Security concerns hit both Microsoft and Google

While rumors circulate that Google plans to stop using Microsoft products, a report surfaces that Yale University has halted a move to Gmail and Google Apps for Education citing security and privacy issues.

International (SC Magazine) June 3, 2010 -- Microsoft has responded to rumours that Google plans to stop using its products. Writing in a blog post, a Windows communications manager commented on the “coverage overnight about the security of Windows and whether or not one particular company is reducing its use.”

Pointing the finger at Google, the communications manager referred to a story from Mashable where it was reported that Yale University had halted their move to Gmail (and their move to Google’s Google Apps for Education package) citing both security and privacy concerns.

He said: “When it comes to security, even hackers admit we’re doing a better job making our products more secure than anyone else. And it’s not just the hackers; third party influentials and industry leaders like Cisco tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others.”

The director of McAfee Labs security research communications, said that claims that removing Windows will solve all the problems and help prevent attacks such as Operation Aurora are shortsighted, as the objection is not even close to the real issue.

Link: http://www.scmagazineuk.com/microsoft-states-that-windows-is-secure-as-industry-claims-that-security-problems-lie-across-all-operating-systems/article/171610/

Source: DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report