… At this time, the most widely used languages that meet all three properties are C and C++, which are not memory safe programming languages. Rust, one example of a memory safe programming language, has the three requisite properties above, but has not yet been proven in space systems. …
It makes no sense security-wise, as more complexity leads only to more weak points. The government has no business being concerned about profits.
No. It’s does make sense, as cases of attacks outside of business hours are harder to deal with because employees are off work. This is further supported by the fact that cybercriminals target websites most especially during off hours and holidays as it buys them more time before they’re discovered. Turning off the servers outside of business hours would effectively prevent this attack vector, at the cost of profit margins.
Most businesses understand that this is a vulnerable period of time and is why most of them mandate that their IT & cybersecurity professionals must stay on call even if they’re taking time off.
On top of helping reduce power bills, maybe, and thus reducing the government’s carbon footprint.
I’m not sure if the numbers add up, but that’s definitely a factor worth considering.