E-Government and Security...oh No

Did you know that in the US alone, over 20,000+ serious cyber threats attack governments daily? No? Well now you know..

And Knowledge Comes Power....and Infoleaks!

These leaks and breaks through security can come through many forms, whether it be to gather information, mess with the production of a service, stopping services for extortion , or allegedly influencing the votes of an election, cyber threats and attacks happen more often and more common than you think, even if some are more in "jest" or for political statements. Hacking to a government service can be costly, and with the role of CTOs (Chief Technology Officers) to keep up with the times in terms of security and updates versus a continuously clever group of actors, the battle is never fully "won". What government is doing though is at least taking those steps into helping mitigate the solution through training and hiring of "competent"(allegedly) personnel to handle these breaches. Yet there comes another problem to this. Human Error.

Oh yes....those humans

Human error, especially when it comes to being tricked by "Social Engineering", or influencing one to give away information, whether it come via phone calls, emails, etc.

These CTOs do try to teach the Three As (Access, Authentication, and Authorization) or the Three Ds (Deter, Detect, Defend), but unless a user is truly listening and will not "shirk" off responsibility, these problems can arise in any agencies anywhere up or down the chain!

So how does one fix this? well, the next post may surprise you...Okay, it won't cause I said it earlier, and I mean it is "Duh" seriously people why don't you use it...