NIST, Cyberdefense is Shut Down in the Shutdown

The National Zoo’s Panda Cam, the World War II memorial, vast swaths of FEMA and food stamps are all casualties of the US government’s ongoing shutdown in the wake of Congress failing to approve funding for government operations. Cybersecurity isn’t escaping the furloughs either, leaving some to postulate that the US is essentially asleep at the switch right now – and eminently vulnerable.