Will security pros actually rely on Microsoft to provide an online community for tracking and sharing threats? That's the question raised by Microsoft's beta Interflow service, which launched this week.
Microsoft's goal for Interflow is to help both cyber security analysts and researchers share threat information in near-real time so that security professionals can respond more swiftly to threats. In addition to the community aspect, Interflow provides a machine-readable feed of security threats, with filters so that you can focus on specific attack indicators (if desired) and feed those indicators into your intrusion detection system.
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