If there's one thing connecting all of these observations, it's this: Accounting firms don't make technology decisions the way technology companies expect them to.

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Abstract: The reuse of software has enabled faster fielding of systems, but all software comes with vulnerabilities, and attackers have expanded their capabilities to exploit the software supply chain ...