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    Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Timeline

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    October 31, 2005
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      December 2000

      Formation of the Security Services Partner Program (searchable Web-based database where customers can locate immediate help in dealing with security issues in their own systems and across the Internet)

      February 2001

      General availability of ISA Server

      November

      Microsoft hosts Trusted Computing conference, beginning discussion of the need for more secure software

      December

      Publication of “Writing Secure Code” by Michael Howard and David LeBlanc

      January 2002

      Bill Gates issues Trustworthy Computing memo to all of Microsoft; planning and curriculum development for Windows security review–now called a “security push”

      February

      Microsoft pulls more than 70 development teams off their projects to go through security training

      March

      Microsoft delays release of .Net Server family so it can undergo security review

      April

      Scott Charney is hired as chief security strategist to oversee Trustworthy Computing; Microsoft creates the Security Business Unit, now known as the Security Business & Technology Unit, and names Mike Nash vice president; MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer) released

      May—July

      SQL Server, Exchange, Office complete security pushes

      June

      Release of SUS (Software Update Services) critical patch deployment tool for small and midsize customers

      December

      MBSA V1.1 released; publication of “Writing Secure Code” second edition, reflecting lessons of a year of security pushes

      February 2003

      Microsoft forms academic advisory board for advice on security issues

      April

      Windows Server 2003, the first product to be built from scratch since the beginning of Trustworthy Computing, released

      May

      VIA (Virus Information Alliance) announced

      July

      Microsoft acquires GeCAD Software

      October

      Microsoft moves to a monthly patch cycle; news announced by Steve Ballmer at the Worldwide Partner Conference; monthly Webcasts hosted by Mike Nash begin

      November

      Microsoft Anti-Virus Reward Program announced

      January 2004

      Security Development Lifecycle formalized; tools such as PREfix and PREfast become formal aspects of the development process for more secure and reliable software

      February

      Gates announces active protection technologies vision, Coordinated Spam Reduction Initiative; establishment of Caller ID for E-mail; formation of Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety

      April

      Security summits started and held in major U.S. cities through June

      August

      Windows XP SP2 released, including several security upgrades, such as turning on the firewall by default

      November

      Advance Notification Program announced

      December

      Giant Company Software acquisition announced

      January 2005

      Microsoft launches the first of its monthly Malicious Software Removal Tools; Microsoft AntiSpyware beta launched

      February

      Sybari acquisition announced

      March

      Microsoft holds the first Blue Hat briefings on its Redmond campus

      May

      Windows OneCare announced; launch of Security Advisories program

      October

      Steve Ballmer outlines Microsofts security strategy and road map, announcing Client Protection and Antigen; Fall 2005 Blue Hat briefings

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