We’ve been having a jolly good time lambasting the United States federal government and, by extension, its various CIOs for Washington’s problems in cybersecurity implementation. It turns out now that the fault, dear readers, lies not with the CIOs but with the government itself. The U.S. General Accountability Office has found that CIOs don’t consistently have responsibility for 13 major areas of IT and information management as defined by law or deemed as critical to effective IT management. However, they continue to focus more attention on IT management-related issues.
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Why Government CIOs Are Giving Security Short Shrift
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 25, 2011 05:00 AMWe’ve been having a jolly good time lambasting the United States federal government and, by extension, its various CIOs for Washington’s problems in cybersecurity implementation. It turns out now that the fault, dear readers, lies not with the CIOs but with the government itself. The U.S. General Accountability Office has found that CIOs don’t consistently have responsibility for 13 major areas of IT and information management as defined by law or deemed as critical to effective IT management. However, they continue to focus more attention on IT management-related issues.