[Novalug] On behalf of everyone in the IT industry - Sorry!

Dan Arico dan_arico@aricosystems.com
Thu Apr 30 23:21:39 EDT 2015


On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:05:00 -0400
Peter Larsen via Novalug <novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> I'm frigging embarrassed to be identified as being in IT after
> reading this:
> http://elections.virginia.gov/WebDocs/VotingEquipReport/WINVote-final.pdf
> 
> I don't want to be associated, directly or indirectly with idiot
> integrators like this, that cannot even spell security let alone
> implement it.
> Why is it that when-ever I speak to government agencies - local or
> federal - it's security this, compliance that, no access to outside
> resources - etc. and we're talking internal IT support systems not
> even externally exposed systems. But then stuff like this, built on
> crappy XP with default passwords, USB enabled, no encryption of
> significance (WEP for christ's sake!) - completely out of compliance
> with FIPS and probably never was run through STIX - that gets passed,
> and it ONLY has to do with accumulating election votes?  (that's
> sarcasm btw).
> 
> I am SO going to figure out who in the Virginia congress approved this
> crap and who's supposed to oversee IT security and give them hell.
> They should be tossed out of office for incompetence.
> 

Makes you wonder who really won some of our closer elections.

Dan

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One OS to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them,
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