Federal Security Breaches Double in Four Months

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

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From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net>

Via GovExec.

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Federal agencies report an average of 30 incidents a day in which 
Americans' personally identifiable information is exposed, double the 
incidents reported early this summer, according to the top information 
technology executive in the Bush administration.

The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo in July 2006 requiring 
agencies to report security incidents that expose personally identifiable 
information to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team within one hour 
of the security incident. In June 2007, 40 agencies reported almost 4,000 
such security incidents, an average of about 14 per day. As of this week, 
the average had increased to 30 a day, said Karen Evans, administrator of 
the Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology at OMB.

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More:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38348

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