Note that the report in the OP is a report on JPL, not NASA. JPL is a federally funded research institution that does most of its work for NASA, but it is run b

Note that the report in the OP is a report on JPL, not NASA. JPL is a federally funded research institution that does most of its work for NASA, but it is run by Caltech, not NASA directly. Having seen the process from the inside, I can attest that NASA's security posture has changed enormously over the last 5 years. If anything, we've swung the pendulum so far in the direction of security that measures are being put in place that interfere with our work for little to no real security benefit.