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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Agencies' cybersecurity grades rise slightly
Long way from what i remeber when i was with the GSA Agencies' cybersecurity grades rise slightly
The government’s overall information technology security grade rose only slightly according to the latest House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s score card, released today. But score cards ignore the fact that the overall cyber posture of agencies is so much better than it was a year ago, let alone four years ago, when most departments received failing grades, said an administration official and a key member of Congress.
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), ranking member of the committee, said agencies continue to make slow and steady progress across the board to reach a total score of C-, or 72.9 out of 100.
Eight agencies received grades of A and eight others received failing grades for their cybersecurity position in 2006, the committee said. Four agencies earned a B and two earned a C. The Veterans Affairs Department did not receive a grade because it did not submit a Federal Information Security Management Act report last year, the committee said.
“For those agencies that received an F, they are good, solid F’s,” said Karen Evans, the Office of Management and Budget’s administrator for e-government and information technology...