14 DAY TRIAL // The fifth Microsoft Malware Protection Center Research and Response Lab opened its doors in Munich, Germany this week. The new MMPC research and response lab is the second in Europe, and will be focused on the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) threat landscape, according to the software giant.
“Well, this central location in Europe enables the MMPC to be more agile in responding to threats across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The new lab complements the existing European AntiMalware lab in Dublin, Ireland. Both of these labs will be led by 20-year veteran antimalware researcher Katrin Totcheva,” a MMPC representative revealed.
The other four MMPC research and response labs are located in Redmond, USA; Dublin, Ireland; Melbourne, Australia; Vancouver, Canada. The Redmond company reveals that security researchers are also contributing to the MMPC from New York, Los Angeles and Beijing.
“As we see adoption of our products and services increasing internationally – such as Office 365, Internet Explorer 9, Windows InTune and Bing – the MMPCs global presence lets us respond quickly and effectively to the changing threat landscape. I’m proud of the significant investment Microsoft has made, and continues to make, in protecting our customers,” the MMPC representative added.
The software giant did not offer anything specific related to the operation of the Munich-based MMPC research and response lab, but it did point out that customers running the company’s security solutions will ultimately be the ones to benefit from the work of security experts in Germany.
Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows Defender, but also Microsoft Forefront will all be bettered through the efforts of the experts working at the new MMPC research and response lab.
“The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) provides world class antimalware research and response capabilities that support Microsoft's range of security products and services,” Microsoft notes.