Sneak Peak Inside Microsoft's Labs - Smart IT Security Tools!

Here is a rare but interesting look into some of the products in development in Microsoft research labs.  Especially intriguing are the security products in development like 'Shield'.  This is a 'software shield' which would run on a firewall or a PC and act as a content filter that searches for and blocks any network traffic that would exploit a detected vulnerability.  

So instead of continually having to patch the operating system only the 'shield' would be updated leaving the operating system untouched.