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Despite Big Spending, Los Alamos Cyber Weaknesses Remain

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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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By George Lobsenz Despite repeated high-profile lapses in protecting sensitive weapons data--and continuing "significant weaknesses" in its classified data protection programs--only about one- tenth of the $433 million spent by Los Alamos National Laboratory since 2001 on its classified computer network has gone to its core cyber security program, according to a federal review. The study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said while Los Alamos has taken steps to improve classified data security, about 74 percent--or $322 million--of the…

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