2016 Presidential Candidate Security Investigation (infosecinstitute.com)

New submitter Fryan writes: InfoSec Institute has assessed the security posture of 16 of the presidential candidates' websites. This is an indicator of the level of security awareness the candidate and the campaign staff has. The recent breaches and security lapses of high profile individuals highlight the absolute need for everyone to take security awareness seriously. The hacking of the Director of the CIA's (John Brennan) personal email account, and the storage of classified emails on a personal email server with Hillary Clinton, show how damaging a lack of basic good security hygiene can be. In this survey (of only the best known presidential candidates, not the scads of others), the authors give both their highest grade (an A) and lowest (a D) for candidates still in the race to two Republicans, Ben Carson and Jim Gilmore, respectively; surprising for a tech-focused campaign, Lawrence Lessig (who has ended his candidacy since the survey began) ranked even lower, with a D-.

Speaking of presidential candidates, the fourth Republican debate, hosted by Fox Business, will kick off about an hour after this post goes live (9:00 PM Eastern, 0200 GMT). Feel free to discuss it alongside the security report.

Comments

Re:Live-commenting the debate

[OzPeter]

Donald Trump just said, "Wages are too high."

Given that the Donald wants to force Christian law the entire USA (EG "If I become president, we're all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, that I can tell you," ) on top of everything else has previously said, I have no idea how anyone can take him seriously anymore.

Re:We're not the MSM

[PopeRatzo]

Don't tell me what they *want*, and don't tell me what they'll *do*. Tell me what they *did*. Tell me what they *said*.

Here's exactly what he said:

"If I become president, we're all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, that I can tell you."

That is the entirety of the quote.

Let's have an honest and real discussion instead of childish pot-shots.

Translation: "It's not fair to quote Republican candidates, because it makes them look stupid."

And here is the entirety of Trump's quote regarding wages being "too high":

"Taxes too high, wages too high. We’re not going to be able to compete against the world."

When a candidate speaks in meaningless platitudes, you can't get upset when his meaningless platitudes are directly quoted.