US National Security Bureau

The National Security Agency (NSA), a well-known US agency with monitoring and monitoring duties, has jumped in to support Microsoft Corporation in developing the security features of the Vista operating system. . Information was confirmed by software giants on Wednesday this week (January 10).

According to NSA spokesman Ken White, the National Security Department will help Microsoft configure the next-generation Vista operating system to meet the requirements set by the US Department of Defense (DOD).

This is not the first time this security agency has consulted with a private manufacturer about the security of the operating system, but according to Mr. White, the NSA has no precedent to work with any firm. just before launching a new operating system like this one.

With the early intervention in such a production process, NSA hopes to help Microsoft inevitably create new products that are both highly secure and compatible with the US government software system in use. .

Source: otvali.ru Mr. White said: ' This will give us peace of mind when the security configuration received by DOD customers will be at a level that meets our standards. Therefore, the previous intervention will be much more meaningful to follow the tail when everything is done. '

NSA intervention was first published in the Washington Post. The NSA also gives instructions on how to best protect Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000 versions. The same organization commented on Vista security guidelines published on Microsoft's website.

Microsoft does not allow company executives to participate in interviews on this issue. However, in a statement, the company also said it had asked a number of government agencies and agencies to consider the Vista version of the NSA, the North Atlantic (NATO) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST).

However, the NSA's relevance to the version of Vista that is known also makes some people interested. Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Personal Information Center (EPIC), said: ' There is a reason to be concerned about, especially when a government oversight agency cooperates with a giant. manufacturing operating systems in private economic sectors '.

One of the reasons for that interest stems from the NSA's "involvement" in gaining access to backdoors to decrypt data created by US computer companies like Microsoft. out.

In 1999, on EPIC's website, US congressman Curt Weldon said 'there was a high-level compromise on accessing encrypted data between NSA, IBM and Microsoft'.

Of course with this version of Vista, the version is expected to dominate the majority of personal computers worldwide, the US government's security agency has no reason to expect to have access to data. data on Vista computer systems. This is the point of view of the right to protect personal information.

According to White, the NSA provides guidance on Vista's security configuration, but does not open any of the back doors for Windows operating systems. Ms. White said: ' This is not code development but just an aid in building security configurations '.

It is not forgotten that what makes NSA famous is its monitoring and surveillance activities, and the move to work with Microsoft takes place along with the organization's second mission: protecting the national information system. family. Mr. White said: ' This is another side of the NSA mission that you have never heard of. All you know about it is just as a foreign intelligence gathering agency, but another aspect of this agency is information security . '

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