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June 17, 2015 12:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/afdfpWgCWPo/us-lawmakers-demand-federal-encryption-requirements-after-opm-hack
US Lawmakers Demand Federal Encryption Requirements After OPM Hack
Patrick O'Neill writes: After suffering one of the biggest hacks in federal history at the Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. government is sprinting to require a wide range of cybersecurity improvements across agencies in order to better secure troves of sensitive government data against constant cyberattacks. The top priorities are basic but key: Encryption of sensitive data and two-factor authentication required for privileged users. Despite eight years of internal warnings, these measures were not implemented at OPM when hackers breached their systems beginning last year. The calls for added security measures comes as high-level government officials, particularly FBI director James Comey and NSA director Adm. Mike Rogers, are pushing to require backdoors on encryption software that many experts, like UPenn professor Matt Blaze, say would fundamentally "weaken our infrastructure" because the backdoors would be open to hackers as well.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/afdfpWgCWPo/us-lawmakers-demand-federal-encryption-requirements-after-opm-hack
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