The Federal Government Can’t Buy Cybersecurity at the Speed of a Cyber Attack
Federal News Network – Federal agencies rarely struggle to identify their cyber risks. They struggle to close them in time. A June Government Accountability Office report on federal cloud procurement confirmed that 15 out of 24 major agencies reported that outdated federal acquisition regulations slowed their ability to procure technology. The same number indicated difficulty obtaining solutions they had already identified as necessary. Funding existed in many cases, but the path to actually buying the fix did not move fast enough to meet agency needs.
