DHS Leadership Needed to Enhance Cybersecurity

On the 13th of September the United States Government Accountability Office submitted a document to the House Committee stating that the Department of Homeland Security had not been fullfilling their 13 key responsiblities including the National Infrastructure
Protection Plan and its responsibility to develop an integrated public/private plan for Internet recovery.

The GAO have outlined around 25 key recommedations to the DHS over the last few years, these recommendations tend to incorporate the following 5 points…

• Conduct threat and vulnerability assessments
• Develop a strategic analysis and warning capability for identifying potential cyber attacks
• Protect infrastructure control systems
• Enhance public/private information sharing
• Facilitate recovery planning,including recovery of the Internet in case of a major disruption.

Not only have the DHS not been fullfulling these 5 points but also a whole load of cyber security officials have abandoned their jobs with the DHS.

Either the DHS is run by a bunch of incompetant fools or the government intentionally keeps the DHS in a state of limbo so to ease the passage of futher laws which breach our privacy and liberties. Take your pick.

You can find the full report here.