From: Eurasia Review
By Riley Walters | The Heritage Foundation
Since 2004, October has been National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). During this time, federal, state, and local governments examine how their systems and the U.S. are affected by cybercrimes. 2015 saw one of the largest breaches of a federal network system, with the Office of Personnel Management losing over 21 million former and current employees’ personal information. Alongside a dozen other digital breaches, these hacks show that the government is far from perfect in securing its own system against persistent threats while signifying a greater risk to national security.
This paper provides a list of 13 federal breaches not covered since the 2014 Heritage paper “Continuing Federal Cyber Breaches Warn Against Cybersecurity Regulation,” which covered a number of federal breaches extending before 2014.[1] This paper can also be used in conjunction with the “Cyber Attacks on U.S. Companies”[2] paper series and Heritage reports on “Congressional Guidance for Cybersecurity”[3] and “Encryption and Law Enforcement Special Access.”[4]
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