More Useless Legislation
“File Sharing Leaks Sensitive Federal Data, Lawmakers Are Told” – Washington Post
Another politician jumps into high gear with more useless legislation and finger pointing after sensitive information was leaked via P2P software on federal computers. Policy already dictates that P2P software shouldn’t be used but these agencies lacked the technical controls to implement the policy. Adding legislation that merely says “don’t do it” is not the answer. Blaming the P2P software companies for federal agencies failure to implement good security is pathetic but certainly not unusual for the political blame game.
Good endpoint security with perhaps the prudent implementation of whitelisting technology can provide the technical controls necessary to enforce such policy.
