While all of the recent Microsoft buzz centers on Windows 7, the company made a small but important announcement this week. At TechEd Europe in Germany, Microsoft announced that it has adapted its SDL ...

Microsoft on Wednesday offered a progress report on its "Secure Future Initiative" (SFI). The announcement by Bret Arsenault, Microsoft's corporate vice president and chief cybersecurity advisor, ...

In last week's column, I talked to Bruce Schneier about complexity, one of the main reasons it will be hard for computer security to improve in the future. As software becomes more complex, in terms ...

Buoyed by the success of an internal blueprint used to cut down on security vulnerabilities in Internet-facing software products, Microsoft Corp. is preaching the “Security Development Lifecycle” to ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...