Report: 7 Federal Agencies Still Lack Basic Cybersecurity August 19, 2021 August 4, 2021 Compliance DougOlenick) • August 3, 2021 Get Permission A congressional report examining eight federal agencies found that seven continue to improperly protect sensitive data and do not meet basic cybersecurity standards. The 47-page report prepared by the staff of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which was released Tuesday, states: "Inspectors general identified many of the same issues that have plagued federal agencies for more than a decade." Despite being cited for these same shortcomings in a similar report in 2019, the departments of State, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Health and Human Services and Education - and the Social Security Administration - are still failing to meet even basic cybersecurity standards, the report concludes. Only the Department of Homeland Security was credited with improving its security since the last report was issued.