With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer
Microsoft has a shocking level of control over IT within the US federal government – so much so that former senior White House cyber policy director AJ Grotto thinks it's fair to call Redmond's recent security failures a national security issue.in an interview you can watch below, in which he told us that exacting even slight concessions from Microsoft has been a major fight for the Feds.
That illustrates, Grotto said, that"they just have a ton of leverage, and they're not afraid to use it."by Russian cyber operatives, both of which allowed spies to gain access to US government emails, and Grotto says it's fair to classify Microsoft and its products as a national security concern.
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