- Oct 23, 2012
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published its annual cybersecurity report for Congress, as required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.
The 95-page report covers cybersecurity incidents for the period from October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015, and also includes an update on the government's plans and expenses regarding its IT systems.
Cybersecurity incidents grew 10% in 2015
According to OMB officials, despite recent investments made in the government cybersecurity and IT systems, in 2015, government agencies reported 77,183 cybersecurity incidents, a number that grew 10% from 2014's value, which was 69,851 incidents.
These incidents were reported by government agencies to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). Sixteen percent of these were caused by "non-cyber" reasons, such as employees losing data storage devices that contained personally identifiable information.
Fourteen percent of these incidents were mere policy violations while the report also listed cybersecurity incident causes such as equipment malfunctions, malware infections, social engineering, suspicious network activity, improper usage, unauthorized access, and denial of service (DoS).
The 95-page report covers cybersecurity incidents for the period from October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015, and also includes an update on the government's plans and expenses regarding its IT systems.
Cybersecurity incidents grew 10% in 2015
According to OMB officials, despite recent investments made in the government cybersecurity and IT systems, in 2015, government agencies reported 77,183 cybersecurity incidents, a number that grew 10% from 2014's value, which was 69,851 incidents.
These incidents were reported by government agencies to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). Sixteen percent of these were caused by "non-cyber" reasons, such as employees losing data storage devices that contained personally identifiable information.
Fourteen percent of these incidents were mere policy violations while the report also listed cybersecurity incident causes such as equipment malfunctions, malware infections, social engineering, suspicious network activity, improper usage, unauthorized access, and denial of service (DoS).
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