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Microsoft Invests $1 Billion In 'Holistic' Security Strategy (darkreading.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the throw-money-at-it-until-it-goes-away dept.

ancientribe writes: Microsoft has invested $1 billion over the past year in security and doubled its number of security executives, according to company's CISO Bret Arsenault. In an address today (webcast), CEO Satya Nadella officially announced the launch of a new managed security services group and a new cyber defense operations center — all part of its new strategy of holistic and integrated security across its products and services. Microsoft execs rarely detail the company's strategy so publicly, so that in itself underlines how security is a major element in its strategy.

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  1. Phone calls from MS by fhage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi! I'm an Executive at the Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center, and we've detected a problem with your internet....

  2. Re:One set to create the problem, one set to solve by parkinglot777 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hmm... I thought "executives" mean more people pointing fingers to others instead of do the coding???

  3. I feel old (because I am - sigh) by frnic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But, I find it hard to imagine the amount of polished code that could be created for $1,000,000,000.

    I guess because the code executes so much faster today, it costs more to create and debug it?

    1. Re:I feel old (because I am - sigh) by gweihir · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No, no, they have not spent that money on _code_. They have spent it on _executives_! You know, clueless people with big egos that earn a lot of money and prevent engineers from doing a good job.

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  4. Doubling the number of executives 1/x^2 by exabrial · · Score: 5, Funny

    Applying the inverse square law... means 1/4 of the productivity.

  5. Re:One set to create the problem, one set to solve by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Interesting

    >> Isn't that precisely what companies are doing with security bug bounty programs?

    No, that's called "outsourcing QA"

  6. We're at "holistic" by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wake me when we get to crystal healing.

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  7. Anything's better than the prior approach ... by tlambert · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anything's better than the prior approach, which was homeopathic.