As part of their defense contracts, Georgia Tech was required to follow various cybersecurity requirements to keep government information safe. Feds say they didn’t
ATLANTA — When the government gives out defense contracts, they typically include cybersecurity requirements intended to keep information safe.
The lawsuit lists a number of alleged cybersecurity violations, ranging from a lab’s computers not having anti-virus software and the university having essentially “no enforcement” of required cybersecurity regulations.
“Government contractors that fail to follow and fully implement required cybersecurity controls jeopardize the security of sensitive government information and information systems and create unnecessary risks to national security,” said Bryan Boynton, with the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Division.
Most complaints center on the Astrolavos Lab at Georgia Tech, described on their website as a computer security research group at Georgia Tech. However, the lawsuit says the lab did not follow the federal government’s computer security requirements.
Along with violating the government’s cybersecurity requirements, …