Not everyone will miss Ross Anderson. Ross was not afraid to speak truths that made people uncomfortable. His ideas and arguments threatened the beliefs, status, power, ego, and bank balances of others — often those with power. His writings and talks undermined proponents of hardware attestation, chip-and-pin authentication, and surveillance, to name just a few. Many of those threatened by what Ross had to say professed to be faithfully working to serve the public.| stuartschechter.org
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This is the biggest change to Microsoft’s security efforts in nearly 20 years.| The Verge
Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others.| ProPublica
20 years ago this week, Bill Gates sent a now-famous email to all Microsoft employees announcing the creation of the Trustworthy Computing (TwC) initiative. The initiative was intended to put customer security, and ultimately customer trust, at the forefront for all Microsoft employees.| Microsoft Security Blog