Microsoft to Offer Heads Up on Security Patches

Oct 1, 2004 12:00 PM

Microsoft Corp. has begun giving some of its customers an early warning of what types of security patches it will be releasing, to allow companies to plan better.

Under the free program, customers get three business days' notice of how many security fixes Microsoft plans to release in its regularly monthly bulletins, and what Microsoft products are affected.

Customers also can learn how severe a threat the flaws pose several days before the general public gets that information.

Amy Carroll, director of product management for Microsoft's security business and technology unit, said the program is geared toward very large companies, some of which had asked for the service so they could better prepare to deploy the patches. But she said the program is open to anyone willing to sign an agreement promising to keep the information confidential.

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