http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2013/07/defense-spent-millions-counter-insider-threats-after-wikileaks-fiasco/65843/
By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
July 1, 2013
Since 2010, when Pfc. Bradley Manning allegedly downloaded classified
files from military networks and leaked them to the anti-secrecy website
WikiLeaks, the Pentagon has paid millions of dollars for technology
designed to protect networks against insiders intent on leaking sensitive
data -- the kind of activities former National Security Agency contractor
Edward Snowden claims to have done in releasing classified files on the
agency's spying operations.
NSA, which is part of the Defense Department, doesn't appear to have
enabled those protections, despite earlier Pentagon assertions the
technology was rolled out departmentwide.
The Host-Based Security System, launched in 2010, prevents the use of
removable storage devices such as CDs and thumb drives on Defense
Department networks. An NSA information technology official, who left the
agency in the summer of 2012, said that at that time, HBSS was not
installed.
Between 2010 and early 2013, the military had spent at least $12 million
on core implementation contracts, according to budget analysts. Going
forward, the Defense Information Systems Agency, which provides IT support
throughout the department, is expected to pay about $1.3 million annually
for software licenses, said Ray Bjorklund, founder of BirchGrove
Consulting.
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