October 2nd Cybersecurity Update – Furloughed Federal IT Employees

So many federal IT employees are on furlough, those left on duty will have a job on their hands when it comes to cybersecurity. ComputerWorld reports, several agencies have issued contingency plans for keeping their systems operating. Most will be in maintenance mode, with a special eye on cyber. VA will furlough 40 percent of its eight thousand IT workers. Others, like the Federal Trade Commission, will have in place only a skeletal staff of six people. Housing and Urban Development will have 13 on the job. The Social Security Administration is leaving 10 percent of its three thousand IT staff in place.

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