[LINK] Security of Govt websites...not

[Jan Whitaker]

The Government continues to be lax in its IT areas.  This in the Age today:

http://theage.com.au/news/national/2001/09/30/FFX4381B6SC.html

Official websites easy targets for
                    hackers: report

                    By XAVIER LA CANNA
                    Sunday 30 September 2001

                    An audit of 10 Federal Government websites has found most
                    contained serious security holes and were at risk from 
hackers.

                    The $280,000 review has forced the closure of part of 
the Australian
                    Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency's site, 
after it was
                    found classified security documents were accessible via 
the Internet.
[snip]
"It said some contractors were not told how secure sites needed to be,
                    and key departmental staff were sometimes unaware of 
security
                    measures put in place when work was outsourced."

"
                    A spokesman for Finance Minister John Fahey said the 
report had
                    nothing to do with the IT outsourcing decision."

Then they would, wouldn't they?

Jan

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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