Legacy equipment has been a prevailing issue in modern government systems, said Rob Joyce, the former head of the NSA's cybersecurity directorate. Besides stolen credentials or compromised passwords, outdated IT creates pathways for hackers to break into federal networks, he said.
Agencies have often used compensating controls - security privacy measures that are implemented when agencies can't directly meet the most up-to-date cyber or IT standards - but they're not permanent solutions to legacy systems, Weatherford added.
[Compensating controls] extends the problem because eventually, they will have to replace them, but we spend a lot of money just patching old systems that a modernization effort would probably help alleviate,
The Government Accountability Office is unveiling its findings to help shed light on government agencies' struggles with older technology, said the person, who asked not to be identified in order to share news of the coming findings.
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