Security News > 2024 > April > Microsoft and Security Incentives
Grotto told us Microsoft had to be "Dragged kicking and screaming" to provide logging capabilities to the government by default, and given the fact the mega-corp banked around $20 billion in revenue from security services last year, the concession was minimal at best.
"The government needs to focus on encouraging and catalyzing competition," Grotto said.
He believes it also needs to publicly scrutinize Microsoft and make sure everyone knows when it messes up.
"At the end of the day, Microsoft, any company, is going to respond most directly to market incentives," Grotto told us.
"Unless this scrutiny generates changed behavior among its customers who might want to look elsewhere, then the incentives for Microsoft to change are not going to be as strong as they should be."
Breaking up the tech monopolies is one of the best things we can do for cybersecurity.
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