GAO slams lack of cyber progress as Congress gets involved

Federal News Radio: A new High Risk series report from the Government Accountability Office took the federal government to task over its lack of action on cybersecurity issues. The report said that, since 2010, agencies have enacted only a third of the 3,000 actions GAO has recommended to improve the government’s cyber posture. The report also laid out four major cybersecurity challenges, and 10 actions agencies can take to address them.

It’s not clear whether this will be the impetus federal agencies need to make this a priority, but for once, Congress may actually be ahead of the game.

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