The US Is Not Protecting Its Data Articles Big Data

Despite these efforts, it is clear that there remain real vulnerabilities, and the sluggish nature of government means that it is not responsive enough to what is a rapidly evolving threat. The way to avoid this is, ultimately, by investing heavily in ensuring that old systems are upgraded and to stop treating information security as an afterthought. This is no easy feat. The Federal government is a behemoth with millions of workers, many of whom need to be better trained in good practice. There needs to be more invested in blockchain and machine learning as a means of cyber security - many agencies even still lack cloud systems.