The device nobody signed for
In December 2024 the Government Accountability Office reported on how 23 federal civilian agencies were doing against a requirement Congress gave them in 2020: maintain an inventory of their internet-connected devices. Three agencies said they would miss the September 2024 deadline. Six gave no timeframe at all. One reported that it has no IoT devices requiring an inventory. That last answer is the one worth sitting with. It is almost certainly not dishonest. It is what happens when the...
