Re: OPM Data Breach - Whitehouse Petition - Help Wanted

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette
<rfg () tristatelogic com> wrote:
> I've just started a new Whitehouse Petition, asking
> that the director of OPM, Ms. Archueta, be fired for gross incompetence.

Hi Ronald,

The core problem here is that the Authority To Operate (ATO) process
consumes essentially the entire activity of a USG computing project's
security staff. The non-sensical compliance requirements, which if
taken literally just about prevent you from ever connecting any
computer to any other, get in the way of architecting systems around
pragmatic and effective security.

There's no use blaming the director for a broken system she's
compelled to employ, one far out of her control. The next warmer of
that seat is constrained to do no better.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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