White House says security incidents at US federal agencies went down in 2019

guest · Jun 1, 2020

White House says security incidents at US federal agencies went down in 2019
US federal agencies reported 28,581 cyber-security incidents in 2019, down by 8% from 31,107 in 2018
June 1, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/white...nts-at-us-federal-agencies-went-down-in-2019/

In a report filed with Congress last week, the White House says the number of cyber-security incidents recorded at US federal agencies in 2019 went down by 8%.

The report was compiled by the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and included data about security incidents that took place at tens of government agencies..
US GOVERNMENT SECURITY INCIDENTS DOWN BY 8%
According to this year's FISMA report [PDF], US federal agencies said they suffered 28,581 cyber-security incidents in 2019, a number that went down by 8% from 31,107 incidents reported in 2018.

The reduction in cyber-security incidents came after US federal agencies saw fewer incidents stemming from successful phishing attacks, website/web app compromises, and loss of devices -- three major categories that accounted for a large amount of all incidents reported each year.
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On the other hand, US federal agencies saw a rise in brute-force attacks, attacks executed with removable media (USB devices, external hard drives), and incidents caused by the improper use of a federal agency service or device.
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IvoShoen · Jun 1, 2020

They probably really didn't go down. More likely less of them were actually reported.

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