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Patches in those systems can destabilize systems and kill people, so these industries are risk averse. They prefer to mitigate the threat in other ways, such as with firewalls and air gaps. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. Yes, this approach is controversial.
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