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Much noise is made in general about NSA's advanced security capabilities. Does the NSA have any sort of mandate to help with govt. wide infosecurity? If they do
by ajju 17y ago
Much noise is made in general about NSA's advanced security capabilities. Does the NSA have any sort of mandate to help with govt. wide infosecurity? If they do (as they seem to[1]), why are they doing a crappy job? Stretched too thin? How does their own security compare with that of the govt. at large?
[1] from nsa.gov : The NSA/CSS core missions are to protect U.S. national security systems and to produce foreign signals intelligence information.
- tptacek 17y agoNSA already co-publishes security guidelines for major operating systems. The nuts and bolts of what the DOD needs to do to lock down its networks are well understood. But implementing those steps requires a top-down management change. Keeping networks secure involves saying "no" a lot, and adding weeks or months to the timelines of most projects.