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Federal IT Managers Struggle With Persistent Insider Cybersecurity Threat

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, May 19th, 2017

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Federal IT Managers Struggle With Persistent Insider Cybersecurity Threat

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Nearly a quarter of all federal agencies lost data to a cyber incident in the past twelve months, according to a survey of federal information technology (IT) managers.MeriTalk, which reports news and conducts governmental IT analysis, released their annual federal insider threat report, Insider Job: The Sequel, last Monday. The report details the consistent presence of insider threats to federal agencies.Forty-two percent of federal agencies in 2017 experienced cyber incidents perpetrated by insiders, a rate that fell slightly from 45 percent…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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