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The Security TechCenter provides links to technical bulletins, advisories, tools, prescriptive guidance, and community resources designed to help IT professionals keep Microsoft servers, desktops, and applications up to date and secure.

Top Tasks Find a Microsoft security bulletin View Microsoft security advisories Find troubleshooting resources Sign up for technical security notifications Report a vulnerability Security Bulletin Overview for October 2009 Related Links Microsoft Security Update Guide Microsoft Exploitability Index Recent Security Blog Posts Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Blog November 2009 Bulletin Release Advance Notification Advance Notification for the November 2009 Security Bulletin Release To help customers plan and prioritize for this month’s security updates, we wanted to let you know that we will be releasing 6 bull... more Thursday, Nov 5 Security Vulnerability Research and Defense Update on the SMB vulnerability situation We’d like to give everyone an update on the situation surrounding the new Microsoft Server Message Block Version 2 (SMBv2) vulnerability affecting Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Easy way to d... more Friday, Sep 18 Microsoft Malware Protection Center Blog Greetings from Tokyo… This year at the PacSec conference, I will present a Microsoft view of the threat landscape during the first six months in 2009. It will be based on telemetry data published in the latest Security Int... more Thursday, Nov 5 More Security Blogs ... Latest Security Bulletin Information  Microsoft security bulletin summary for November 2009 Thursday, Nov 5 Webcast: November 2009 security bulletins Thursday, Nov 5 Microsoft security bulletin summary for October 2009 Tuesday, Oct 13 Highlights Review the latest Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7) for a comprehensive understanding of recent top trends in online threats Learn about Windows 7 core platform security improvements at the free live event "The New Efficiency" Register for the Windows training event to ignite your skills Follow Black Hat on Twitter Get the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit for PC Security Help secure your Windows operating systems and Office applications with Security Compliance Management Toolkit Security Videos Get a quick overview of Windows 7 security, SharePoint security, and requirements for end-to-end trust for the emerging cloud computing ecosystem. Visit the End to End Trust site for more information. Recent Security Forums Posts Exchange Server Anti-virus/Anti-spam Exchange 2007 AntiSpam Auto Response Friday, Nov 6 Identity Lifecycle Manager Database Management for the ILM Synchronization backend database Thursday, Nov 5 Secure Messaging Encrpyted emails Tuesday, Nov 3 SQL Server Security Modifying Server Roles in SQL Server 2008 Friday, Nov 6 Windows Server Security W08 Enterprise EFS Recovery Friday, Nov 6 Windows Vista Security How to remove BlockKeeper. Friday, Nov 6 More TechNet Forums ... Featured Content Help protect your network from Conficker Learning Paths for Security: Planning Security Into Your Cloud Strategy Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 7 (January 2009 through June 2009) Security Compliance Management Toolkit IT Compliance Management Guide for Partners 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide Malware Removal Starter Kit Windows Client Security and Encryption

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