COTS not enough for government cyber security

I just read this interesting article by Nextgov, confirming that relying only on commercial products can increase vulnerabilities to cyber attacks: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090618_3505.php. This is in line with my recent discussions with governments who use Qosmos technology to enhance their cyber security beyond COTS capabilities. Not only could COTS products contain hidden code; they often lack capabilities required by government security specialists for detecting certain threat patterns and/or they lack the flexibility to customize according to special government security policies.

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