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11-19-2009, 04:53 AM
Despite increased cooperation among agencies charged with protecting the government’s information infrastructure, federal cybersecurity is failing to keep pace with the growing threat of attack from hackers, criminals and other nations, a Senate panel has been told. The Government Accountability Office has identified weaknesses in security controls in almost all agencies for years, Gregory Wilshusen, GAO's director of information security issues, and David Powner, the agency's director of information technology management issues, told the Senate Judiciary Committee's Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee. Agencies are falling short in their use of strong authentication, encryption, and network monitoring, they said.
For more information:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/federal-cybersecurity-threats-vulnerabilities.aspx
For more information:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/federal-cybersecurity-threats-vulnerabilities.aspx