About One-Fourth of Government Web Domains Still Lack Top-Level Encryption

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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2018/10/about-one-fourth-government-web-domains-still-lack-top-level-encryption/152148/

By Joseph Marks,
Senior Correspondent
Nextgov
October 18, 2018

Only about 76 percent of civilian government websites are protected by 
advanced encryption tools more than eight months after a Homeland Security 
Department deadline, according to figures shared by the department.

That's an improvement from just 54 percent of government sites that were 
protected by the encryption tools when the deadline initially passed in 
February, but far below the 100 percent compliance Homeland Security 
called for in a binding operational directive in October last year.

That directive ordered agencies to adopt HTTPS protection for their 
websites, which encrypts users' navigation within a web domain and is 
connoted with a lock icon to the left of a web address.

HTTPS essentially validates that communication between your computer and a 
website is encrypted and prevents hackers from tracking your movements 
inside the site or stealing any information you share with the site. The 
protection is most vital for e-commerce sites and sites where people enter 
personal information but has become increasingly common for other sites as 
well.

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