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> "That's what I mean by "effective security"."

That stuff doesn't cost all that much more. It's non-trivial, sure. But it's not going to make a huge impact on the bottom line. A demand for it would end up costing enterprise software suppliers quite a bit in one-time costs to clean up their code-bases and standard install practices.

> "I do not believe defense contractors, energy concerns, industrial suppliers, etc, should even acknowledge such breaches simply because of national security."

Perhaps not to the general public, but certainly they should be required to disclose to their clients.




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