A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
  • “Cloud First”: To move federal agencies to the cloud, the government created a program known as FedRAMP, whose job was to ensure the security of new technology.
  • Security Breakdown: ProPublica found that FedRAMP authorized a Microsoft product called GCC High to handle sensitive government data, despite years of concerns about its security.
  • Potential Conflict of Interest: The government relies, in part, on third-party firms to vet cloud technology, but those firms are hired and paid by the company being assessed.
  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    A car eventually get paid off. These services do not. They bill forever and get more expensive every year. And nobody gets held responsible for anything.

    • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      11 hours ago

      True, but you also get hardware replacement every year, in the same way that you can get a new car with a new lease.

      Most companies would be fine with not having surplus hardware to offload down the road, because it’s depreciated so much, and if they’re offloading it it’s probably because they’ve gone out of business.