Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3823-1005247515-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:26:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 2026 invoked by uid 510); 8 Nov 2001 19:24:19 -0000 Received: from n13.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.63) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 8 Nov 2001 19:24:19 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3823-1005247515-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by n13.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Nov 2001 19:21:22 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 8 Nov 2001 19:25:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 29907 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2001 19:25:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m11.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Nov 2001 19:25:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2001 19:25:14 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fA8JPR707035 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:25:27 -0800 Message-Id: <200111081925.fA8JPR707035@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:25:27 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Feds.To.Receive.Computer.Security.Report.Cards] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Feds To Receive Computer Security Report Cards By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes.com Staff Writer Thursday, November 8, 2001; 11:16 AM A House subcommittee will hand out report cards on Friday to two dozen federal agencies, grading them on their efforts to protect the government's most vital computer networks. The grades are required under the Government Information Security Reform Act, a law passed in November 2000 that requires federal agencies to asses and test the security of their non-classified information systems. Agencies are graded on the results of penetration testing and overall security of their computer systems, which is analyzed both by agency inspectors general and auditors from the General Accounting Office (GAO). The reports are then tied to each agency's budget request submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the coming fiscal year. The report cards will be dispersed at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations, whose chairman - Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., made a name for himself by grading government agencies on their Y2K computer readiness in the months leading up to last year's millennial date rollover. Whatever grades the 24 agencies earn this year, they could hardly do worse than the last time around. Last fall, the subcommittee found "serious weaknesses" at nearly all of the agencies under review, a result that earned the federal government an overall grade of D-minus for computer security. While two agencies - the Social Security Administration and the National Science Foundation - managed to improve computer security practices last year - the remainder received failing grades. Among the agencies the GAO flunked last year for lax security policies were the departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services (HHS), Interior, Justice and Labor, as well as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Small Business Administration (SBA). In last year's survey six agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), received a grade of "D" in the GAO's survey. Reported by Newsbytes.com, http://www.newsbytes.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/1_Y1qC/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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