Cybersecurity

Government rises from bottom of cyber ranking ... but not far

Federal Times: On average, the local McDonald’s has better cybersecurity than the typical federal office.

In its latest report on federal and state cybersecurity, SecurityScorecard put government at the No. 16 slot among 18 industries rated, above only telecommunications and education. This was a step up for government, which last finished at the bottom in overall cyber hygiene.

Researchers looked at current security postures of 552 federal, state and local government entities, each with more than 100 public-facing IP addresses. They rated the agencies based on security risks in 10 categories, including web applications, network security, leaked credentials and hacker chatter – how fast news of vulnerabilities spreads on hacker forums and in social media.

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