A report released Tuesday from the minority staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee details major cybersecurity vulnerabilities at several federal agencies that impact the nation’s critical infrastructure. Among the most egregious incidents are breaches at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that inadvertently exposed information on the cybersecurity practices at the New York Stock Exchange; a breach at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that revealed servers containing information on the government’s known vulnerabilities;…
