Posted on 10/02/2023 5:52:35 PM PDT by FarCenter
The US Department of State has largely failed to implement an effective cybersecurity risk program, auditors concluded in a report last week. That means a crucial arm of the American government is potentially wide open to cyberattacks it may not be able to identify or stop.
The State Department, which handles diplomacy and US foreign policy, wrote a risk management strategy for its IT security, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said, and that's basically where the dept gave up. As a result, department-wide risks haven't actually necessarily been mitigated, there's no overall monitoring program in place, and IT infrastructure used by the department may not have been adequately secured.
"Until the department implements required risk management activities, it lacks the assurance that its security controls are operating as intended," the GAO said in its report. "Moreover, State is likely not fully aware of information security vulnerabilities and threats affecting future operations."
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Maybe hildabeast could refer crowdstrike to solve their problems?
Wonder if the ChiComs and the Russians are reading the State Department cables on his home-brew bathroom server?
If you don’t know if your IT Security is working or not: It’s not working !
Maybe the Russians can tell them.
“”US State Dept has no idea if its IT security actually works””
House members have “no idea” if the State Department will be fully funded...
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Lol... But they have no problem collecting every keystroke, text, and phone call in the world in real time...
China is in control of our agencies so why would they want “our” security to work? THEY WOULDN’T!
Yeah, but I bet they have a first class DEI program, and that’s what really matters.
“”I bet they have a first class DEI program, and that’s what really matters.””
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That and a pronoun guidebook...
Only 242 pages...
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Doesn’t really matter for an agency that has been dominated and run by communists since the 1930s...
What a stupid book on how to misuse the English language.
But here's what got me. The "About the Author" paragraph shows just how stupid it gets. It says:
Stuart Getty loves to dance, swim, skate, and explore ideas with a big heart. They work as a writer and strategist, but has been a creative director/copywriter and filmmaker for more than a decade. They have basically committed their whole life to the craft of the written word. And making people smile.The first usage is "they ... has" (grammar-incorrect), and the second usage is "they have" (grammar-correct). Inconsistent. They can't even agree on something as simple as singular/plural usage.
Sorry, that doesn't speak well of the correctness of the book itself if the author approved a blatant inconsistent error in their own bio.
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