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August 18th, 2009
XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is more secure?
Posted by Ed Bott @ 9:01 pm
Over the past couple years, I’ve been regularly checking in to measure whether Windows Vista is living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. (To catch up with previous installments, see October 2007, “One year later, Vista really is more secure,” and July 2008, “21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP.”)
My metric is a simple but effective one: count the number of Microsoft Security Bulletins rated Critical or Important for different Windows versions over time. In both previous installments, Vista had a significant edge edge over XP, with far fewer updates required. Has Vista maintained its security advantage over the past year? And are there any indications as to how Windows 7 will fare, now that it’s been released to manufacturing?
More details:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1271
XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is more secure?
Posted by Ed Bott @ 9:01 pm
Over the past couple years, I’ve been regularly checking in to measure whether Windows Vista is living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. (To catch up with previous installments, see October 2007, “One year later, Vista really is more secure,” and July 2008, “21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP.”)
My metric is a simple but effective one: count the number of Microsoft Security Bulletins rated Critical or Important for different Windows versions over time. In both previous installments, Vista had a significant edge edge over XP, with far fewer updates required. Has Vista maintained its security advantage over the past year? And are there any indications as to how Windows 7 will fare, now that it’s been released to manufacturing?
More details:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1271