Government agencies in the United States are often failing to implement even the most basic deterrents that would boost their cybersecurity efforts, a new Senate report found.
According to the report – authored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and staff members at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee – numerous federal agencies are leaving themselves open to cyberattacks simply by declining to fix simple, straightforward network problems.
The new findings surfaced despite the fact that the United States has boosted spending on cybsersecurity. Roughly $65 billion has been spent on securing computers and networks since 2006, the survey stated, but agencies “continue to leave themselves vulnerable, often by failing to take the most basic steps towards securing their systems and information.” One disturbing example was the lack of strong passwords in the government networks; a common key code was simply the word “password.”
Deficiencies in federal systems spanned multiple agencies, including those housing sensitive information such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service.
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According to the report – authored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and staff members at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee – numerous federal agencies are leaving themselves open to cyberattacks simply by declining to fix simple, straightforward network problems.
The new findings surfaced despite the fact that the United States has boosted spending on cybsersecurity. Roughly $65 billion has been spent on securing computers and networks since 2006, the survey stated, but agencies “continue to leave themselves vulnerable, often by failing to take the most basic steps towards securing their systems and information.” One disturbing example was the lack of strong passwords in the government networks; a common key code was simply the word “password.”
Deficiencies in federal systems spanned multiple agencies, including those housing sensitive information such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service.
for more details, Read the full article here,,
http://rt.com/usa/deferal-cybersecurity-chronically-disfunctional-643/
