Cybersecurity

Government second only to finance sector in cybersecurity – report

Federal cybersecurity is in better shape than recent high-profile breaches might suggest, says a new report by security risk assessment company BitSight Technologies.

In its third annual “Insights Industry Benchmark Report,” BitSight ranks government cybersecurity second in security out of six major sectors, with a composite score of 688 on a 900 point scale. Only the finance sector scored higher, achieving a score of 716.

The high score comes in spite of a slew of allegations that the government is not doing enough to safeguard information, particularly in light of April’s massive Office of Personnel Management breach.