Under Clinton, State's cybersecurity suffered

[pinebox]

I found this rather interesting. Considering the talk today of how the director of the CIA had his personal email hacked...well...

Under Clinton, State's cybersecurity suffered
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/19/under-clinton-states-cybersecurity-suffered.html

he State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situation that continued to deteriorate as John Kerry took office and Russian hackers breached the department's email system, according to independent audits and interviews.

The State Department's compliance with federal cybersecurity standards was below average when Clinton took over but grew worse in each year of her tenure, according to an annual report card compiled by the White House based on audits by agency watchdogs. Network security continued to slip after Kerry replaced Clinton in February 2013, and remains substandard, according to the State Department inspector general.

In each year from 2011 to 2014, the State Department's poor cybersecurity was identified by the inspector general as a “significant deficiency” that put the department's information at risk. The latest assessment is due to be published in a few weeks.

[upaloopa]

1. If the State Dept. had bad security why not have your

own more secure server?

[pipoman]

2. Or, if you are looking for excuses for using an unauthorized

Server why wouldn't someone who knew what they are talking about use poor security as their excuse? Of course it could be that the use of the basement server had nothing to do with security at state..

[frylock]

3. Is that what leaders do?