From: FedScoop
To prevent breaches of agency systems, IT officials say they must get buy-in throughout their organizations on the importance of cybersecurity.
By Billy Mitchell
The key to preventing another catastrophic federal systems breach is greater commitment to cybersecurity from federal workers, IT officials said Tuesday.
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“We just haven’t learned basic cyber hygiene,” said Donald Davidson, chief of outreach, science and standards in Defense Department CIO’s Office. Since the OPM hack, DOD is going back to basics for cybersecurity, he said, which means focusing more on user cyber hygiene and discipline — like using stronger forms of authentication, and learning to recognize and avoid phishing attempts. “We’re not doing the basics of cybersecurity well in lots of ways.”
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