U.S. Cybersecurity Not So Secure?

freaktheclown writes "According to CNet, 'government auditors have been saying that Homeland Security has failed to live up to its cybersecurity responsibilities and may be 'unprepared' for emergencies.'" The article discusses FEMA's handling of relief efforts for hurricane Katrina and how a very similar situation exists with electronic security measures in the U.S. In addition to a conjecture the department of cybersecurity has been "plagued by a series of damning reports, accusations of bureaucratic bungling, and a rapid exodus of senior staff that's worrying experts and industry groups."

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Duh!

[jellomizer]

When you have over 90% of all computers running on the same family of Operating Systems, with the other less then 10% trying to keep the features to work with the other 90% of the computers. Is a disaster waiting to happen. You can firewall every box, Windows could be the most secure OS in the world, but when you have 90% market share it is going to be a target. Secondly people are afraid to have an independent audits on their computer security, they worry about loosing their jobs if the auditors find a problem. Also you have the problem where people assume the first line of defence is all you need, so if a virus got threw the firewall and virus scanner it just spreads all threw the network.