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by kasey_junk 2743 days ago
Why? You can be a “defense contractor” as a one person show out of your garage.

The requirements for selling a toilet to the navy were written at a time when these issues didn’t exist. That the biggest bureaucracy on earth doesn’t respond well to new threats seems ecpected not odd.

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Exactly. Legit anyone can bid on these contracts and the DOD is finally starting to crack down on “Confidential Unclassified Information” and the contractors that handle that data. It’s wild how many small companies have no security infrastructure