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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. Last month, on the anniversary of the landmark memo, Microsoft patched nearly 120 holes in Windows and other products. Beaumont also cited the enterprise licensing issue.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the early days of Windows operating systems up through Windows XP, almost any program a user would launch would have administrator-level privileges. And look at this sample of the end-user license agreement (EULA) for the flashlight app, which shows significant data-gathering requirements for a simple flashlight.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

When least privilege is the most important thing

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