Vista Vulnerability report published for Year 1
Folks,
I thought you might be interested in this report that has just been issued compiling the first year's worth of security vulnerability's found in Windows Vista, and comparing Windows XP and non-Microsoft OS's first year vulnerabilities.
The report can be found here but here are a few highlights:-
Metric |
Windows Vista (year 1) |
Windows XP (year 1) |
Vulnerabilities fixed |
36 |
65 |
Security Updates |
17 |
30 |
Patch Events |
9 |
26 |
Weeks with at least 1 Patch Event |
9 |
25 |
These figures may be merely interesting until you consider the cost saving implications of reduced patches. A customer told me recently that each patch event costs them £30K, so this yr 1 reduction in patches would have delivered a direct £480,000 per annum saving to them running Vista over Windows XP!! Then there's the incalculable reduction in corporate risk from this reduction in vulnerabilities.
I won't comment but it's interesting to note the comparison to non-Microsoft operating systems. It certainly does fly in the face of some of the IT press reports that have surrounded Vista since it's launch.
Metric |
Windows Vista (year 1) |
Windows XP (year 1) |
Red Hat rhel4ws reduced (year 1) |
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS reduced (year 1) |
Mac OS X 10.4 (year 1) |
Vulnerabilities fixed |
36 |
65 |
360 |
224 |
116 |
Security Updates |
17 |
30 |
125 |
80 |
17 |
Patch Events |
9 |
26 |
64 |
65 |
17 |
Weeks with at least 1 Patch Event |
9 |
25 |
44 |
39 |
15 |
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Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
PingBack from http://mintywhite.com/tech/news/vista-vulnerability-report-published-for-year-1/Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This isn't something that I would normally bother blogging on - and from the lack of recent posts youAnonymous
January 01, 2003
Diferença grande se comparado com o XP. Metric Windows Vista (1 year) Windows XP (1 year) VulnerabilitiesAnonymous
April 16, 2008
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April 17, 2008
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