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It's honestly about time.

I've been sounding the alarm bells about ITAR, DFARS, EAR compliance for a while now! None of the software vendors I've talked to seem to understand that it is AGAINST THE LAW to upload customer supplied IP to their super-secure Cloud based product that they're trying to get me to switch too. "The lowest TCO, you'll get ROI in 6 months!"

Ya, but are you compliant with NIST 800-171 requirements?

"Ohhh, uhhh... I don't know. I'll ask the engineering team but I'm sure we're fine!"

Ya, ok.




I suspect this is one of the things that Microsoft has more experience with, and we might be seeing their influence here.


This is like 95% of startups and companies who've raised under $100m USD.




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