Obama talks cybersecurity, but Federal IT system breaches increase
(Ars):
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/01/obama-talks-cybersecurity-but-federal-it-systems-breaches-increase/
President Barack Obama has said that his proposed cybersecurity
legislation is expected to bolster the private sector's defenses.
Later tonight, he is expected to urge Congress and the American public
to embrace the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act during
his State of the Union address. The measure, known as CISPA, was
unveiled a week ago and is controversial because it allows companies
to share cyber-threat information with the Department of Homeland
Security--data that might include their customers' private
information.
...
But new research out Tuesday from George Mason University calls into
question how effective Obama's proposal would be. That's because the
federal government's IT professionals as a whole have "a poor track
record in maintaining good cybersecurity and information-sharing
practices." What's more, the federal bureaucracy "systematically"
fails to meet its own federal cybersecurity standards despite billions
of dollars in funding.
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And the reasons we should have confidence that the government would properly
handle
that sensitive information that they want private firms to turn over to them?
Let's make a list ... uh ... eh .. hmm ...
--Lauren--
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