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2018
Office of Management and efforts to focus on
the 2019
two - Edition
most im-
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Budget (OMB) risk report.
portant factors in the battle against
malicious attackers:
The OMB called the current situa-
tion regarding federal cybersecuri- • the People they use to manage
ty measures “untenable” and cited the fight, and
that 74% of the agencies partici- • the Tools those people use as
pating in the report were either “at their weaponry
risk” or at “high risk.”
People on the Front Lines
Will the increased attention and fo-
cus on cybersecurity matters make a One of the reasons why hackers
positive impact? Perhaps. But only have been so successful over the
if federal agencies recalibrate their years is their ability to adapt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGGCRRzqbtE
(A federal grand jury has indicted a Chinese national on charges stemming from a mas-
sive data breach of Indianapolis-based health insurer Anthem Inc. Courtesy of RTV6 The
Indy Channel. Posted on May 9, 2019.)
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