Many measures already in place to mitigate risks, although more can be done, report says
A report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security presents several scenarios in which well chosen attacks against key IT infrastructure elements could cause disruptions on a national scale. But the document also offers a surprisingly sunny assessment of the resilience and redundancies within the IT sector to mitigate the risk of such disruptions.
The 114-page report , released Tuesday, titled the "IT Sector Baseline Risk Assessment," was a joint effort between the DHS and the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council (IT SCC). It is designed to give planners in the IT sector and in government a way to identify high-consequence risks and strategies for addressing them.
I'll rest better at night now! The private IT sector got a 'sunny assessment' from Dept. of Homeland Insecurity. This is the same dept. that has received no better than an 'F' grade on their audits from the GAO since the dept. was created. It means that they don't even follow their own internal procedures for security. Yet they tell us that 'more can be done'! If we had to rely on gov't innovation, we would all still be talking on tin cans with a string between them. I know, this is getting close to politics now so I'll shut up. "Sleep tight America, your government is awake".
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