It’s an open secret that Microsoft has a $15 billion cybersecurity business outpacing all other products and services the company offers. Office 365, Azure, and Xbox are.
Why it matters: Over the past several years, Microsoft has built a massive cybersecurity business that can analyze trillions of threat signals every day. That said, it has difficulties dealing with the risks of accidental source code leaks and credential exposure. According to one cybersecurity firm, this is one of the main challenges faced by companies in this era of hybrid work.
It’s an open secret that Microsoft has a $15 billion cybersecurity business outpacing all other products and services the company offers. Office 365, Azure, and Xbox are still big cash cows for the Redmond giant, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that almost a third of the overall revenue comes from identifying emerging security threats, dismantling botnets, and helping various organizations secure their hybrid work infrastructure.
However, a cybersecurity firm called SpiderSilk (via Vice Motherboard) believes Microsoft also needs to improve its own security posture. Apparently, several Microsoft employees didn’t follow good security practices and managed to expose sensitive login credentials on GitHub.
