VA Blocked Billions of Cyber Threats in March

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/05/va-blocked-billions-cyber-threats-march/111721/

BY MOHANA RAVINDRANATH
NEXTGOV
MAY 3, 2015

The Department of Veterans Affairs experienced a significant surge in 
cyber threats in March, Chief Information Officer Stephen Warren said 
during a Thursday call with reporters.

The department blocked 1.19 billion malware instances and 358 million 
intrusion attempts into VA systems in March alone, Warren said. This 
number is up since February, when VA reported blocking 930 million malware 
instances and 4.3 million intrusion attempts.

If the volume of threats continues to ramp up, Warren said, ”any agency 
will run into the point where we may get overwhelmed.” He added later, 
“Nothing I do will reduce what’s coming at me one bit.”

Instead, he said, VA will need to scale its cybersecurity to prevent what 
could be an exponential increase in threats. He said the department has 
been beefing up its continuous monitoring technology, reinforcing external 
network connections, and security training.

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