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Ex-White House cyber, counter-terrorism guru: Microsoft considers security an annoyance, not a necessity


Comment Roger Cressey served two US presidents as a senior cybersecurity and counter-terrorism advisor and currently worries he'll experience a "political aneurysm" due to Microsoft's many security messes.

In the last few weeks alone, Microsoft disclosed two major security vulnerabilities – along with news that attackers exploited one involving SharePoint as a zero-day. The second flaw, while not yet under exploitation, involves Exchange server – a favorite of both Russian and Chinese spies for years.

Chinese familiarity with Microsoft products makes them a door already open

The Windows giant disclosed the Exchange bug late Wednesday, hours after becoming a $4 trillion company.

Cressey, who served in the Clinton and Bush administrations, prefers to call it "A $4 trillion monster."

"And from a national security perspective, this really bothers me," Cressey, now a partner with Liberty Group Ventures, told The Register.

"The Chinese are so well prepared and positioned on Microsoft ...


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