![]() ![]() The software was developed by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team ( US-CERT), which is the operational arm of the National Cyber Security Division ( NCSD) of the United States Department of Homeland Security ( DHS).The program was originally developed to provide “situational awareness” for the civilian agencies. So who is supposed to protect such Govt agencies? Apparently, there is a massive firewall named Einstein that is responsible for intrusion detection and protection.Įinstein (also known as the EINSTEIN Program) was originally an intrusion detection system that monitors the network gateways of government departments and agencies in the United States for unauthorized traffic. The data that was stolen includes highly sensitive background checks pertaining to CIA agents, NSA staffers and military personnel. US government alleged breach enabled attackers to make off with approximately four million recrods, but other sources say it could actually have been as many as 14 million records, many of which are highly sensitive. It’s the agency responsible for managing the personnel records and security clearance details for millions of current and past US government employees. Two weeks back there was a crippling cyber attack to hit US Office of Personnel Management that breached US Government Firewall.
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