Microsoft Blames European Commission Agreement As Reason It Can't Secure Windows Like Apple Secures MacOS After CrowdStrike Outage

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Microsoft Blames European Commission Agreement As Reason It Can't Secure Windows Like Apple Secures MacOS After CrowdStrike Outage - Benzinga

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Amid criticism that the CrowdStrike issue wouldn't have happened with Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) macOS, Microsoft Corp.(NASDAQ:MSFT) has clarified that a prior agreement with the European Commission it is legally unable to adopt the same security measures as Cupertino.

What Happened: Following the CrowdStrike incident, Satya Nadella-led company’s spokesperson explained that as part of this agreement, Microsoft committed to providing security software makers with the same level of access to Windows as it has.

As a result, privileged access to a very critical component of the operating system – the kernel – is off-limits to third-party software makers.