Software giant Microsoft will give security experts an early look at technical details of security vulnerabilities before it releases updates on Patch Tuesday.

The initiative, dubbed Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) was announced in a Tuesday post in the newly established Microsoft Security Response Centre blog. MSRC senior program manager Steve Adegbite said MAPP will give security vendors more breathing room to produce signatures.

The move is designed to cut out the time hackers have to reverse engineer security updates will give valuable time back to the defenders to focus on protection enhancement and faster delivery. Redmond will also publish an Exploitability Index as part of Patch Tuesday which will help customers gauge the likelihood that exploits will be developed for the vulnerabilities. X

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