>That's not good enough for the target market for Precursor.
I know? Your two points are really disjoint.
>so all there is in this space is "small, easier to bribe manufacturers".
I think the amount of people who will willingly take money for nefarious purposes is smaller than you think. I would worry more about misguided cooperation with law enforcement. See, for example, the case of the Russian trying to bribe a Tesla employee to install malware. There may be factors like the belief of the employee that the breach attempt would be caught, but it would be very easy to pass the employees actions off as a mistake.
My real point is that between large manufacturers that are likely to have moles or cooperate with law enforcement and smaller manufacturers that are less likely to have moles but may be easier to compromise in general, it's probably about even between them, maybe siding with smaller manufacturers depending on what you have available.
In any case you have trust issues with either one, so I don't see why pointing out "Trust us is not enough" is topical.
With a smaller manufacturer you are more likely to get in to see their facilities and can build a personal relationship. With a larger one that is likely impossible.
I know? Your two points are really disjoint.
>so all there is in this space is "small, easier to bribe manufacturers".
I think the amount of people who will willingly take money for nefarious purposes is smaller than you think. I would worry more about misguided cooperation with law enforcement. See, for example, the case of the Russian trying to bribe a Tesla employee to install malware. There may be factors like the belief of the employee that the breach attempt would be caught, but it would be very easy to pass the employees actions off as a mistake.
My real point is that between large manufacturers that are likely to have moles or cooperate with law enforcement and smaller manufacturers that are less likely to have moles but may be easier to compromise in general, it's probably about even between them, maybe siding with smaller manufacturers depending on what you have available.
In any case you have trust issues with either one, so I don't see why pointing out "Trust us is not enough" is topical.
With a smaller manufacturer you are more likely to get in to see their facilities and can build a personal relationship. With a larger one that is likely impossible.