Thu Dec 17 2020: Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds hack, and a JEDI update

Two things to know today

• Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds Hack, and they might not be obvious

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-cisa-officially-confirm-us-govt-hacks-after-solarwinds-breach/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fireeye-microsoft-create-kill-switch-for-solarwinds-backdoor/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-federal-government-needs-vp-engineering-cto-danah-boyd/

https://fcw.com/articles/2020/12/16/comment-garland-software-security-law.aspx

AND

• A JEDI Update

https://in.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/amazon-urges-judge-to-set-aside-10-billion-cloud-contract-award-to-microsoft-idUSKBN28P31I

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-trump-interference-errors-enough-to-challenge-microsoft-s-10b-jedi-win

 

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