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To: driftdiver

*slow clap*

I’ve not worked for government IT, but I work with several professional who have; and I can confirm that in the non-security-based portions of our government domains (i.e. NOT CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.), the security controls are severely lacking.


4 posted on 11/06/2014 12:40:38 PM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia
I’ve not worked for government IT, but I work with several professional who have; and I can confirm that in the non-security-based portions of our government domains (i.e. NOT CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.), the security controls are severely lacking.

Not over here they're not.

37 posted on 11/06/2014 1:47:03 PM PST by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
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To: rarestia

>> “the security controls are severely lacking” <<

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And false security, such as long,complex passwords, is choking government operations constantly.


93 posted on 11/06/2014 8:51:10 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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