Federal Network Security Breaches Jump 650% in Five Years

The latest Government Accountability Office report underscored how poorly equipped federal departments and agencies are to prevent network security breaches. – Security incidents at federal agencies have soared 650 percent over the past five years, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
In the past five years, the number of reported events has grown from 5,503 in 2006 to 41,776 in 2010, federal auditors wrote in a Government Acco…