---
title: "Software Flaw Disclosure Deadlines Raise Vendor-Researcher Tensions"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/software-flaw-disclosure-deadlines-raise-vendor-researcher-tensions/"
date: "2015-01-30T08:43:30+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Software Security"
source: "eweek.com"
source_url: "http://www.eweek.com/security/software-flaw-disclosure-deadlines-raise-vendor-researcher-tensions.html"
---

# Software Flaw Disclosure Deadlines Raise Vendor-Researcher Tensions

January 30, 2015 · Reported by eweek.com

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> Google’s Project Zero puts a time limit on patching software flaws, which irks software vendors. But firm deadlines can improve security.
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> Google’s Project Zero puts a time limit on patching software flaws, which irks software vendors. But firm deadlines can improve security.
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> In early January, Google’s Project Zero—a 6-month-old effort to hunt for bugs in popular software—released, for the second time, information on a vulnerability in Microsoft software before the software giant had patched the issue. Not two weeks later, Google took the same action for security issues in Apple’s products. – See more at: http://www.eweek.com/security/software-flaw-disclosure-deadlines-raise-vendor-researcher-tensions.html#sthash.Id6kMida.dpuf

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**Tags:** [Software Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/software-security/)