The US Government and Software: Some of It Works Maybe
June 25, 2015
I read “Report: Government Software Flawed, Rarely Fixed.” Over the years I have tallied some anecdotes about US government software. Examples range from outputs that come from a pool of demonstration data instead of the actual data from the system to content management systems which cannot manage content.
The write up states:
According to Veracode’s annual software security report just 24 percent of government sector software was found to be compliant — the lowest rate among seven sectors Veracode studied. The report suggests that one reason could be government’s frequent use of scripting and older languages such as ColdFusion, which can lead to more vulnerabilities. When it comes to fixing those vulnerabilities, government again had the lowest rate at just 27 percent. Veracode looked 34 industries in all, grouped into seven sectors: government, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and hospitality, technology and “other.”
In the wake of the recent security issues at a certain US government agency, the challenge is now national news.
Stephen E Arnold, June 25,2015
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