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April 4, 2022 01:34 am
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/04/04/0044239/google-cloud-security-exec-government-reliance-on-microsoft-is-a-security-vulnerability?utm_source=rs
Google Cloud Security Exec: Government Reliance on Microsoft Is a Security Vulnerability
"Google is taking aim at Microsoft's dominance in government technology and security," reports NBC News:Jeanette Manfra, director of risk and compliance for Google's cloud services and a former top U.S. cybersecurity official, said Thursday that the government's reliance on Microsoft — one of Google's top business rivals — is an ongoing security threat. Manfra also said in a blog post published Thursday that a survey commissioned by Google found that a majority of federal employees believe that the government's reliance on Microsoft products is a cybersecurity vulnerability. "Overreliance on any single vendor is usually not a great idea," Manfra said in a phone interview. "You have an attack on one product that the majority of the government is depending on to do their job, you have a significant risk in how the government can continue to function." Microsoft pushed back strongly against the claim, calling it "unhelpful." The study comes as Google is positioning itself to challenge Microsoft's dominance in federal government offices, where Windows and Office programs are commonly used.... The blog post comes as hackers continue to discover critical software vulnerabilities at an increasing pace across major tech products, but especially in Microsoft programs. Last year, researchers discovered 21 "zero-days" — an industry term for a critical vulnerability that a company doesn't have a ready solution for — actively in use against Microsoft products, compared to 16 against Google and 12 against Apple. he most prominent zero-day was used against Microsoft's Exchange email program, which cybersecurity experts say was first employed by Chinese cyberspies and then quickly adopted by criminal hackers, leading to hundreds of companies becoming compromised.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/04/04/0044239/google-cloud-security-exec-government-reliance-on-microsoft-is-a-security-vulnerability?utm_source=rs
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