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xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:mscom="http://www.microsoft.com"> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 34px;"><contentgroup type="pagehead"> <h1>Trustworthy Computing</h1> <p class="date">October 30, 2003</p> <p>Trustworthy Computing is a complex, long-term global challenge that will involve fundamental changes in computing technology, policies, and practices to improve Security, Privacy, Reliability, and Business Integrity.</p> </contentgroup></td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width:100%;" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:mscom="http://www.microsoft.com"> <tr> <td><contentgroup type="bodystory"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom:11px;"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="margin-left: 0px;"> <tr> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" colspan="3"> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0"> <br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-right:10px;"> <a href="/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/twc/issues/issue2_intro.asp"> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/caspar74.jpg" border="0" align="left" alt="Focus on the Issues: A Conversation with Caspar Bowden" width="74" height="74"> </a> </td> <td> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0"> </td> <td style="margin-left:10px;" valign="top"> <p> <b> <a href="/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/twc/issues/issue2_intro.asp">Focus on the Issues: A Conversation with Caspar Bowden</a> </b> <br> Caspar Bowden, Senior Privacy Strategist for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, provides insight into the European Union perspective on data protection.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-right:10px;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/oct03/10-09SecurityInvestmentspr.asp"> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/pic_twc.jpg" border="0" align="left" alt="Microsoft Announces New Security Programs to Help Customers" width="74" height="74"> </a> </td> <td> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0"> </td> <td style="margin-left:10px;" valign="top"> <p> <b> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/oct03/10-09SecurityInvestmentspr.asp">Microsoft Announces New Security Programs to Help Customers</a> </b> <br> In a speech at Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, Steve Ballmer announced a broad security effort to help address the increasingly disruptive security challenges that affect computers worldwide. Ballmer outlined changes to the patch management process and to the Microsoft support policy.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-right:10px;"> <a href="/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/twc/issues/detlef_egov.asp"> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/pic_Detlef.jpg" border="0" align="left" alt="Trust, Privacy, and E-Government Issues in the European Union" width="74" height="74"> </a> </td> <td> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0"> </td> <td style="margin-left:10px;" valign="top"> <p> <b> <a href="/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/twc/issues/detlef_egov.asp">Trust, Privacy, and E-Government Issues in the European Union</a> </b> <br> Detlef Eckert, Microsoft's senior director for Trustworthy Computing, has asserted that the management of trust is "one of the greatest challenges to progressive, democratic government in the twenty-first century." Read the series of three articles Eckert wrote for eGov Monitor that explores the issues and the role of technology in Europe.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" colspan="3"> <br> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </contentgroup><contentgroup type="bodystory"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/pic_arrow_gry.gif" alt="" style="margin-top:7px;" border="0"> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="margin-bottom:0px;"> <p> <b> <a href="/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/twc/overview_intro.asp">Trustworthy Computing Defined</a> </b> <br> Trustworthy Computing is a long-term effort to build a future that describes a time when people will be able to rely on their computing systems for dependable service in the same way they count on electricity today.</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </contentgroup><contentgroup type="bodystory"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/pic_arrow_gry.gif" alt="" style="margin-top:7px;" border="0"> </td> <td valign="top"> <p> <b> <a href="/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/twc/twc_world.asp">Worldwide Resources</a> </b> <br> How governments, nonprofits, and industries address the issues about how Security, Privacy, Reliability, and Business Integrity affects public trust in computing, as well as trust in the institutions themselves.</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </contentgroup><contentgroup type="bodystory"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <img src="/web/20031202235412im_/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/images/pic_arrow_gry.gif" alt="" style="margin-top:7px;" border="0"> </td> <td valign="top"> <p> <b> <a href="/web/20031202235412/http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/twc/strategies/">Microsoft's Strategies and Tactics</a> </b> <br> Microsoft divisions and groups are changing how they build their products and relate to customers. 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