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The Department of Homeland Security gets low marks for Cyber Security

security.jpgHow is the big daddy of USA security - The Department of Homeland Security protect its citizens when its not ever secure. Somebody could easily crack into their computer systems without blinking an eye. I bet they are using mostly Windows software.

Several specific areas of network security was tested under the fourth-annual network security review of government agencies under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). The areas are specialized training for workers with significant security responsibilities, inconsistent incident reporting, implementation of configuration management policies, annual testing of security controls and agency responsibility for contractor systems.



The Committee on Government Reform gave the agency, which in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was charged with protecting the nation from threats, a failing grade for network security the second year in a row Thursday. And DHS wasn't the only U.S. federal agency to receive a poor mark in what has become an annual report card on federal computer security.

''This year, the federal government, as a whole, hardly improved, receiving a D+ yet again,'' Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, told a hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday. ''Our analysis reveals that the scores for the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, State -- the agencies on the front line in the war on terror -- remain unacceptably low or dropped precipitously.''

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