If the Feds gave a crap about security they would start instituting and enforcing standards within the DOD. As it stands, the Feds are getting their butts kicked by Anon and other hacker groups. That’s why they show up every year at Defcon and Blackhat groveling. The Secret Service has already embarrassed themselves by employing the most successful credit card hacker on the planet. He was operating right under their nose pulling off the biggest heist in history. Politicians and most businessmen are too ignorant to understand technology and have zero respect for security or IT outside of how it can make them money. My friend who works in a DOD industry told me all about how the execs dont follow security protocol. They just flaunt the rules because they are entitled and think they are special.
Meanwhile our Defense Industry has been hacked to pieces and our secrets stolen. The same will happen with the NSA databases and Obamacare. Soon harassment and blackmail will be the norm. The private details of our lives will be leaked, just like the IRS scandal, to our political opponents and nobody will be help accountable because the entire thing will be wrapped in secrecy.
Yeah but, "It's about Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" so that's ok.
Ask your friend about the plethora of 7 figure projects in fail mode... that nobody can talk about.
Juval Lowy told me he saw a report filled with pages and pages of them.
Fox, Mr. Charles E Fox - please come to the nearest secure tin can and string.