The Coast Guard Was Focused on DEI Not Cybersecurity

Someday government will take cybersecurity seriously. But that day certainly did not happen under the Biden administration. Coast Guard left sensitive data vulnerable to adversaries under Trump-fired, DEI-focused commandant | Just The News

Just days after President Donald Trump fired the U.S. Coast Guard commandant, investigators confirmed Wednesday the military branch left computer systems and sensitive data vulnerable to foreign adversaries and hackers in a cybersecurity blunder that also left Pentagon systems dangerously exposed.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security issued a report detailing problems at the Coast Guard that could spill over into the Department of Defense. (DODIN stand for Department of Defense Information Network.)

Specifically, Inspector General investigators found the Coast Guard "did not consistently implement the cybersecurity controls we reviewed to protect its systems operating on the DODIN in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements" by failing to:

• control logical access to privileged user accounts,
• control or monitor physical access to server rooms,
• develop contingency plans that included detailed recovery procedures or conduct annual plan reviews,
• prepare plans of action and milestones for high and critical‑severity vulnerabilities in a timely manner.

In other words, The US Coast Guard was so busy promoting DEI that it didn't have time to do basic tech security.

Now I usually poke fun at CISA for having been named by The Department of Redundancy Department, and for having a logo that looks like it was designed in 1950, but at least they are doing their jobs. It would be nice if the rest of the government would get off their behinds and do a minimum of work to ensure security of our military network. I think that is too much to hope for.