Government orgs plagued by botnet compromises, says security report

Federal Times: The government sector continues to struggle with a high rate of machine compromise, malware and file-sharing activity, according to the fourth annual security ratings industry index by Cambridge-based BitSight Technologies.

Looking at the security ratings of organizations in each of six sectors — finance, legal, retail, health care, energy/utilities, and government — BitSight found government had the highest percentage in the Basic security category (more than 20 percent) and the number of reviewed systems in the Advanced category dropped between March and November of 2016.

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