By Special Agent Dan Gray The Department of the Navy has thousands of computers, some of which are responsible for storing highly sensitive or classified information.
Lives can depend on that data.
Obviously, that's serious, but other scenarios are potentially just as serious, which is why DoD established policies to keep these vital computers from being infected with any of the several thousand viruses that exist today. If DoD's policies aren't adhered to, we stand the chance of losing a significant amount of productivity and being burdened with expensive clean-ups. The interviews established that some commands had strong virus prevention programs, while others did not. Some commands had no requirement to document the time and money it cost to repair damage done by viruses. In fact, not all commands are reporting their virus attacks.