Securing Federal Computers 'Brutally' Difficult

Are federal computers more secure today than they were in 2002 when the Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)? That depends. Some agencies are in various stages of compliance, while others are not as far along. "The task is brutally difficult, at best," said Yvonne Donaldson, a spokeswoman at BindView Corp.

"The task is brutally difficult, at best," said Yvonne Donaldson, a spokeswoman at BindView, a federal IT contractor based in Houston. "Agencies have large, complex and frequently segmented networks that complicate the rapid collection, analysis, and reporting of the required data."

Source: Wired News