- Treasure Trove of Data. House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is warning that a hack on the Department of Education would make the OPM data breach look like child’s play
- 1/2 of all U.S. government records are at the U.S. Department of Education
- Bad Inspector General Report. Deficiencies in security at Department of Education were called out by a November Inspector General report
- An F In Security. The agency also got an F in implementing security requirements under the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act
- Contractors have hands in 184 data cookie jars. Congress is laser focused on the 184 different programs that are used or maintained by 3rd party contractors.
The Hill Oversight head: Hackers would hit mother lode at Education Department