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 -- William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>