14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft's vision of Windows Vista security represents a balance between user protection, usability and costs. Windows Vista is in the Redmond Company's perspective, equidistant from all these three points, delivering the right amount of security to the end-user without trading off the functionality of the operating system or overcharging.
"The right balance when it comes to security is not easy to achieve, given the varying needs of home, professional, and business users. Overly stringent protections can make it difficult for users to carry out the tasks they need to accomplish and can lead to greater cost of ownership. System settings that are too open make users' systems vulnerable to attack," revealed Microsoft in the Security Enhancements in Windows Vista article available for download.
The paper, published this month, and offered for download since yesterday, May 14, 2007, deals with the security enhancements that have gone into producing the most secure Windows platform to this date. Users will be able to get an insight look into how security has evolved with Windows Vista.
Microsoft is amply trying to fight the generalized concept that the Windows operating system and security are two concepts that cannot meet on common ground, and that the Redmond Company is hard at work delivering a high level of user protection.
"Although there is no silver bullet or panacea that can address every current and future security threat, the comprehensive security advancements in Windows Vista underscore Microsoft's long-term commitment to enabling a trustworthy computing environment that helps people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential," reads another passage from the Security Enhancements in Windows Vista article.
Back in November 2006, a statement delivered by Jim Allchin, Microsoft former Co-President, Platform and Services Division, was taken out of context and caused a whole deal of controversy. Allchin's misinterpreted words led to the conclusion that Windows Vista is impenetrable as a standalone product. This error was subsequently corrected and Microsoft has since then stressed numerous times that Windows Vista has to work in tandem with a security solution in order to protect the user.