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> several pillars are missing from their “Zero Trust” marketing materials.

TBH several pillars are missing from their entire security posture.

why bother when not a single vulnerability has resulted in any appreciable fines or loss of market share? it's absurd how untouchable their ubiquity has become.

They’re the Boeing of software. They go down with the ship, but, critically, it means they also can’t go down until and unless the ship also does.

It’s a symbiotic relationship that allows them to stop having to spend resources to compete in the market on merit.

That's pretty accurate, if you want modern practice and product quality you go to Google or Amazon, if you want compliance and reassuring the board, you go to Microsoft.

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