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Not running Windows would be a good start.
Your choice of OS doesn't help when your IAM provider's tech support happily resets your admin passwords for the attacker.
Windows is notoriously insecure and vulnerable to all manner of attacks and escalations that make it the main target for ransomware. Has nothing to with IAM.
What does that have to do with this post though? Or were you just waiting to say something about Windows because REASONS!
Shit, I'll jump on the band wagon.
Why do the Control Panel, Device Manager, and Properties windows stay bright white when I turn on Dark Mode?
oh... you weren't suggesting we actually do that... my bad. I'll see myself out.
edit: tough crowd
Most of our vendors only make products for windows, barely understand windows and certainly don’t understand Linux or as400, and they dont intend to. Those that do run Linux and as400 are actively transitioning their systems to a windows based version as it’s easier for the casinos to maintain.
Source: IT Director for a casino company and responsible for hundreds of windows servers, thousands of PCs, 12 Linux and half a dozen as400s - I’m not with Caesars or MGM thank god but their breaches caused me a ton of work and lost sleep trust me
Welp, guess you're SOL then.
All gambling will now require you to first log in with your apple ID!