GAO Report Slams US Cybersecurity, US-CERT, and DHS

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is finalizing its report on the country's capability to protect and defend itself from cyber-attack, and its words are not kind. The primary responsibility for monitoring and securing the country's networks and digital assets falls to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, a partnership organization between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and both the public and private sectors. Founded in September 2003, US-CERT was responsible for the 2004 Einstein initiative, meant to detect and collect information on attacks at government agencies, and is currently backing the expanded (and hopefully more widely deployed) Einstein 2 program. .. More..