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IG Cites Progress, Hindrances In DHS’ Efforts To Protect Cyber Space

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Thursday, July 14th, 2011

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made progress in a number of areas to bolster the federal government's and the nation's cyber security protections but still hasn't developed an implementation plan, or related performance metrics, for carrying out the eight-year-old National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, according to the department's Inspector General (IG). In a new report, the IG says that the DHS Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) office has "made progress in security cyber space and critical infrastructures," in part…

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