Security

Microsoft Corporation (December 2005): "Common Criteria Certification: Microsoft Windows Platform Products." Learn how the recent Common Criteria certification of Windows platform products, combined with Microsoft’s focus on the Security Development Lifecycle, offers customers an even greater level of assurance in product security and quality.

Yankee Group (July 2005): "2005 North American Linux and Windows Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Comparison Report, Part 2: Hardening Security Is Key to Reducing Risk and TCO" by Laura DiDio. This independent study reveals that "Windows servers recover approximately 30 percent faster from security attacks than Linux servers" and that survey respondents found "a 100 percent improvement in Microsoft’s security in the past 12 months."

Security Innovation (June 2005): "Role Comparison Security Report: Database Server Role" by Herbert Thompson and Fabien Casteran. In a comparison of relative security, this commissioned study found Windows Server 2003 running SQL Server 2000 SP3 to have fewer vulnerabilities than Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) running Oracle 10g or RHEL running My SQL.

Wipro Technologies (April 2005): "The Total Cost of Security Patch Management: A Comparison of Microsoft Windows and Open Source Software" by Theo Forbath, Patrick Kalaher, and Thomas O'Grady. In this study, Wipro surveyed 90 organizations—that use both Windows and open-source software—to determine the costs of security patch management for both environments under similar conditions.

Security Innovation (March 2005): "Role Comparison Report: Web Server Role" by Richard Ford, Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology; Herbert H. Thompson, Ph.D., Security Innovation; and Fabien Casteran, M.Sc., Security Innovation. This study found that in a role-based comparison of the relative security—both quantitative and qualitative—of two different solutions, the number of vulnerabilities and average days of risk were lower for the solution based on Windows Server 2003.

Forrester (March 2004): "Is Linux More Secure Than Windows?" by Laura Koetzle with Charles Rutstein, Natalie Lambert, and Stephan Wenninger. After collecting a year's worth of vulnerability data for this non-sponsored report, Forrester then analyzed Windows and four key Linux distributors on metrics about responsiveness to vulnerabilities, severity of vulnerabilities, and thoroughness in fixing flaws.

Faced with many federal and other regulatory requirements, MB Financial Bank turned to Microsoft. Its new integrated server solution now handles security and assessment, privacy, identity management, and disaster recovery.

The state of Qatar's Radio and TV Corporation’s network was constantly being infected by viruses. It called Microsoft Consulting Services, and now Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 provides remote update deployment, automated updates, and centralized management for a more secure network.

Although the Isle of Man is a self-governing territory, its National Health Service and police must work closely with the United Kingdom. It chose to standardize on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for a higher degree of availability, and to build a system that can more securely coexist with U.K. government services.

For a managed hosting company such as Rackspace, security is an obsession. The company provides an award-winning suite of specialized products and services to address potential vulnerabilities at each layer in the hosting solution, and Windows Server 2003 security services are the cornerstone of the company's operations.

IT professionals across several industries share the reasons—from TCO to indemnification—why they selected Windows Server System. (3:16)

This video spotlights nine leading organizations that believe Windows is a more cost-effective, secure, and reliable platform than Linux. (2:26)

Managed hosting company Rackspace explains how Windows Server 2003 gave it the ability to easily maintain a more secure server environment. (2:37)