Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Incidents at Federal Government Agencies increased more than 1,000 percent since 2006

No big surprise here.

From Security Affairs:

Incidents at Federal Government Agencies increased more than 1,000 percent since 2006

According to a report submitted as testimony by Greg Wilshusen, director of information security issues at GAO, in a recent congressional hearing cybersecurity incidents that involved federal government have increased more than 1,000 percent since 2006.

The document reports that in the fiscal year 2014, federal agencies suffered 67,168 cyber security incidents that exposed personally identifiable information (PII), meanwhile the number of incidents in 2006 was just 5,503 (+ 1,121%).

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