Are military networks secure?
Well to all of you who think that military networks are all heavily defended here is something for you to read. This really serves to make my point that by, if nothing else, statistics prove that n number of computer networks are insecure. This statistical model, well hardly a model, also applies to the US military networks. Whenever your network or networks begin to become rather large there is always that chance that something was forgotten. Whether it be a vendor patch, or poorly applied file permission something is normally amiss. Some people have commented on the articles that I have written for WindowSecurity as being unrealistic in that the network was too easily penetrated. Well for every hack out there, there was a way in. Bear that in mind, and always regularly have your networks audited by third party help.
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Christopher Agpaoa Says:
July 17th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
“Whenever your network or networks begin to become rather large there is always that chance that something was forgotten.”
I agree with this, to an extent. You would think that our government would establish some type of check system for this type of thing! On the up side, at least extremely sensitive info. wasn’t lost.
Don Parker Says:
July 18th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Hi Chris,
You pretty much echo my sentiments. The reality is that the larger and more complex a network/s gets the more likely there is that a hole exists. This is why I have always been a huge proponent of job descriptions/duties for computer personnel. One of them being that vendor sites will be checked regularly for patches/updates. That would cut down on a lot of the problems we often see. Thanks for your comment!
–Don