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Like everything the Government touches, there seem to be glaring holes, lazyness, lack of original thought, greed and a whole host of other factors that contribute to the following problems...yes, lets put the Government in charge of everything...NOT!
U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?
By Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: October 10, 2005, 4:00 AM PDT
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fending off charges of responding sluggishly to a disaster.
Is the cybersecurity division next?
Like FEMA, the U.S. government's cybersecurity functions were centralized under the Department of Homeland Security during the vast reshuffling that cobbled together 22 federal agencies three years ago.
Auditors had warned months before Hurricane Katrina that FEMA's internal procedures for handling people and equipment dispatched to disasters were lacking. In an unsettling parallel, government auditors have been saying that Homeland Security has failed to live up to its cybersecurity responsibilities and may be "unprepared" for emergencies.
What's new:
The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity unit has been criticized by advocacy groups, security experts and government auditors for not meeting responsibilities. Should the nation face a cybercatastrophe, critics say, the division may be no better at dealing with attacks than FEMA was at handling Hurricane Katrina.
Bottom line:
The House has passed a bill that would create an assistant secretary for cybersecurity, streamlining the division's ability to respond to emergencies. But the legislation still awaits action in the Senate. Meanwhile, the division continues to see top-level staff depart.
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