It's a shame to take the best people and have them worry about standard issues. NASA's best minds should be allowed to concentrate on core matters dealing with mission-critical operations, he said. But he noted that in most essential operations, the number of computers needed is usually small. Carter, Garman's replacement, said the recent focus on computer security has not changed NASA IT operations much. The whole federal government is looking at export control across the board.
Security is an ever-evolving technology.
We just have to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.