Dave Farber
2018-07-27 13:22:21 UTC
Date: July 26, 2018 at 8:58:07 PM GMT+9
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] NSA Watchdog: Surveillance Giant Still Isn't Securing Its Networks
NSA Watchdog: Surveillance Giant Still Isnât Securing Its Networks
By Spencer Ackerman
Jul 25 2018
<https://www.thedailybeast.com/nsa-watchdog-surveillance-giant-still-isnt-securing-its-networks>
Despite suffering multiple devastating security breaches and data exfiltrations over the past five years, the National Security Agency still isnât taking sufficient measures to secure its digital troves of highly valuable information, according to a rare public report from the NSAâs inspector general. The report, released Wednesday, said investigators found âmany instances of non-complianceâ with internal rules to protect âcomputer networks, systems and data.â Those include âinaccurate or incompleteâ security plans, unimplemented plans for multi-person access controls over âdata centers and equipment roomsâ and âremovable mediaâ like thumb drives ânot [being] scanned for viruses.â In under a decade, a surveillance agency once thought nigh impregnable has experienced at least four catastrophic data breaches, including from whistleblower Edward Snowden; the Shadow Brokers disclosure of NSA digital weapons; a breach attributed to Kaspersky Lab software; and a former cybersecurity contractor who this year pleaded guilty to taking home thousands of agency documents. âMost operators knew how they could get anything they wanted out of the classified nets and onto the internet if they wanted to, even without the USB drives,â a former NSA employee told The Daily Beast last October, the beginning of the six-month period covered in the inspector general report.
-------------------------------------------Subject: [Dewayne-Net] NSA Watchdog: Surveillance Giant Still Isn't Securing Its Networks
NSA Watchdog: Surveillance Giant Still Isnât Securing Its Networks
By Spencer Ackerman
Jul 25 2018
<https://www.thedailybeast.com/nsa-watchdog-surveillance-giant-still-isnt-securing-its-networks>
Despite suffering multiple devastating security breaches and data exfiltrations over the past five years, the National Security Agency still isnât taking sufficient measures to secure its digital troves of highly valuable information, according to a rare public report from the NSAâs inspector general. The report, released Wednesday, said investigators found âmany instances of non-complianceâ with internal rules to protect âcomputer networks, systems and data.â Those include âinaccurate or incompleteâ security plans, unimplemented plans for multi-person access controls over âdata centers and equipment roomsâ and âremovable mediaâ like thumb drives ânot [being] scanned for viruses.â In under a decade, a surveillance agency once thought nigh impregnable has experienced at least four catastrophic data breaches, including from whistleblower Edward Snowden; the Shadow Brokers disclosure of NSA digital weapons; a breach attributed to Kaspersky Lab software; and a former cybersecurity contractor who this year pleaded guilty to taking home thousands of agency documents. âMost operators knew how they could get anything they wanted out of the classified nets and onto the internet if they wanted to, even without the USB drives,â a former NSA employee told The Daily Beast last October, the beginning of the six-month period covered in the inspector general report.
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