DHS Gets Another "F" In Cyber Security

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday March 15, 2006 @10:25PM from the good-job-team dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For the third straight year, the Department of Homeland Security -- which is charged with charting the federal government's cyber security agenda -- earned a grade of "F" for computer security from a key congressional oversight committee, according to a story at Washingtonpost.com. Not only did the overall government-wide computer security grade remain flat (at a barely-passing "D+" but several agencies -- mostly those on the "front lines in the war on terror" -- actually managed to fare worse this year."

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Muhammed drawings by mixenmaxen · 2006-03-15 22:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Well then, time to deface some .gov websites with drawings of the prophet Muhammed...
Perhaps they are using by LarsWestergren · 2006-03-15 23:15 · Score: 4, Funny

prayer based security?

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Be careful what you say. by Stephen+Samuel · 2006-03-16 00:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Criticizing DHS can be seen as being unpatriotic.

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