http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/presidents-tech-council-plays-sad-trombone-for-federal-cyber-security/
By Sean Gallagher
Ars Technica
Nov 22 2013
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
released a report on the state of the nation's cybersecurity today. The
report's first finding: the US government is terrible at cybersecurity.
"The Federal Government rarely follows accepted best practices," the
report stated. In order to ensure that the country as a whole is more
secure against cyber attack, the council advised, the government "needs to
lead by example and accelerate its efforts to make routine cyber attacks
more difficult by implementing best practices for its own systems."
Much of the list of PCAST's recommendations for taking that leadership
role read like the advice that many IT people give their parents. Among
the top of the list of cyber-fails that need to be corrected is the
government's continued use of Windows XP and outdated, insecure browsers.
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