Ballmer calls security a never-ending battle!

[News Writer]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the task of trying to stay one step ahead of virus writers and hackers will be a never-ending battle.

Speaking at a gathering of U.K. press, Ballmer said Microsoft's "trustworthy computing" is far more than just a one-off initiative.

"We will be working on 'trustworthy computing ' for the rest of my days at Microsoft, which I hope are many. There are bad people out there in cyberspace and they are not going to go away. We are going to have to be vigilant. That's going to last for the duration," he said.

And despite the ongoing rounds of new security vulnerabilities and virus alerts, Ballmer said he believes the situation has improved greatly and can only get better.

"It's not like five or six years ago viruses didn't exist. More damage has been done in other periods of time (than today). The last 12 months was a better 12 months by a margin. I do believe in the next two to three years we'll get good enough and customers' practice of implementation will get good enough," he said.

Ballmer admitted that getting it wrong is not an option for Microsoft. "Security is the potential downside for the business. Do people have enough faith? That's why we made security job one priority at Microsoft."

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