Microsoft Partners With NATO On EU Cybersecurity

  • 15 September 2015
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By SecurityWeek News on September 15, 2015 At NATO's annual cyber conference on Monday, Microsoft announced the signing of a Government Security Program (GSP) agreement with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency), a new step in a 12-year cybersecurity relationship between the two.

The GSP was designed by Microsoft to help governments evaluate and protect existing systems, as well as to build and maintain more secure infrastructure, Microsoft said. So far, more than 40 agencies from more than 25 governments worldwide have already partnered with the software giant as part of the initiative. Full Article

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Renews security contract with Redmond

16 Sep 2015 at 00:58, Richard Chirgwin
 
Microsoft has renewed its 12-year-old agreement with NATO which, among other things, lets the organisation check for bugs, vulnerabilities, and backdoors in Redmond's products.
 
The company announced the agreement here.
 
The essence of the release is that NATO's Communications and Information Agency, NCI, has signed with Microsoft's Government Security Program (GSP).
 
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