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Microsoft details for the first time how it classifies Windows security bugs

The Microsoft Security Response Center publishes two documents detailing internal procedures used by its staff to prioritize and classify security bugs.

 

10th September, 2018 By Catalin Cimpanu

 

Microsoft opened its doors today to the security research community by releasing two documents that detail how the company classifies and handles security bugs.

 

The documents were put together over the course of the year by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), the department that receives and handles security-related bug reports at Microsoft.

 

Drafts of the two documents were released for feedback for the research community and the broader security industry back in June. The final versions, with quite a lot of new information, were published today.

 

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