In the past few weeks there has been a prevalent theme in security news about breaches in US military and government agencies.   Perhaps it is time for the US government to create a consolidated security policy and enforce it!:

List of U.S. nuclear facilities inadvertently posted on website. The document, which was more than 260 pages long, included maps showing the locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons. http://www.scmagazineus.com/List-of-US-nuclear-facilities-inadvertently

Government Web Pages Baited With Sex Scandal 

http://www.securitypronews.com/

 

A group of computer hackers based in Turkey breached the sites of two U.S. Army facilities, leveraging SQL injection attacks.

http://www.scmagazineus.com/Hackers-hit-US-Army-websites/article/137814/

 

NERC president: Emergency cyber security help needed http://www.scmagazineus.com/NERC-president-Emergency-cybersecurity-help-needed/article/136477/

 

Researchers Find Missile Defense Data on Used Hard Drive http://www.darkreading.com/security/storage/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217400054

 

California water company insider steals $9 million, flees country http://www.scmagazineus.com/California-water-company-insider-steals-9-million-flees-country/article/136923/

 

Have a secure week.  Regards, Ron Lepofsky,  ERE Information Security Auditors ronl@ere-security.ca

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