Brad Doctor, CISSP, is StillSecure's director of security research. He has been involved in IT security for more than 10 years. Prior to StillSecure, Brad consulted for such companies as Apple Computer, Phoenix Technologies, and the Monster Board, fulfilling network and host-based security needs. In addition to traditional IT security, Brad also worked with Quova, Inc., as the director of research.
As the state of the art in operating systems (OS) continues to advance, an
unnerving trend has emerged: vulnerabilities in tightly integrated operating
systems. How do you address this? With an effective combination of educated
staff, proper procedures, and technology.
Rather than being a collection of separate utilities and daemons, the modern
OS is moving toward a highly integrated system with numerous dependencies. As
a result, the core of the OS is more easily exposed to a broader range of
vulnerabilities. While Linux still largely a collection of separate
components, Microsoft Windows is at the forefront of this design principle
and, in fact, is moving to an even more tightly integrated system. The risks
can become significant. Whenever a vulnerability is found in one of the core
components of a tightly integrated OS, interdependent components are
vulnerable a... (more)
Brad Doctor, CISSP, is StillSecure's director of security research. He has been involved in IT security for more than 10 years. Prior to StillSecure, Brad consulted for such companies as Apple Computer, Phoenix Technologies, 
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