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MS To Share Early Flaw Data With Governments

Posted by kdawson on from the for-your-eyes-only dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft today announced plans to share pre-patch details on software vulnerabilities with governments around the world under a new program aimed at securing critical infrastructure and government assets from hacker attacks. The program, codenamed Omega, features a 'Defensive Information Sharing Program' that will offer government entities at the national level technical information on vulnerabilities that are being updated in their products." There's a stream the bad guys would dearly love to tap into.

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  1. Omega seems to share too much by bobs666 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    By Governments, I read this as all Government that use the product. How about only sharing with the governments that protect your home?

    Perhaps it be better to only use products that you can read and write the code your self. Should we keep the code under government control? would we be safer if We stoped the black box types of software.

  2. Re:National Cybersecurity Undermined by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Arguably, the real factor in a cyberwar has less to do with exactly how many bots you own, and more to do with how good your "passive defense" is. "Passive defense" being the defensive value of those activities that make up your way of life, the stuff you do by default.

    A nation of illiterate mud farmers wouldn't even know that a cyberwar had been declared. A nation that has been chasing automation, efficiency, and optimization for some decades would(barring truly incredible security) be completely fucked.