- Microsoft is quadrupling its cybersecurity investment to $20 billion over the next five years.
- One of the reasons for the big investment cited by Microsoft president Brad Smith in a CNBC interview this week speaks to a Catch-22 in the cyber arms race: the increased spending in recent years by public and private enterprises hasn't resulted in better protection against criminal hackers.
- The shortage of workers skilled in cybersecurity is one of the factors that has led to a situation in which companies are paying for products that in many cases they aren't even using.
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