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DHS CERT cybersecurity not secure, finds IG

The federal agency in charge of protecting other agencies from computer intruders was found riddled with hundreds of high-risk security holes on its own systems...

Federal News Network Staff

September 9, 2010 8:30 am

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Cybersecurity Update – Tune in weekdays at 30 minutes past the hour for the latest cybersecurity news on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris (6-10 a.m.) and the DorobekINSIDER with Chris Dorobek (3-7 p.m.). inspector general says the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team failed to keep its systems up to date with software patches. Auditors found more than 200 high-risk security holes. Many of those problems were found on systems for e-mail and data access. US-CERT says it has since patched its systems.

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