In the fiscal year 2020, the U.S. government encountered 4,264 e-mail or phishing attacks. The majority of these attacks targeted CFO act agencies. Attacks that occurred due to a violation of an organization's acceptable usage by an authorized user, excluding mentioned categories, amounted to over 11 thousand cases.
Number of reported cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2020, by attack vector
CFO Act agencies are those agencies designated in the CFO Act (with the addition of DHS and minus the Federal Emergency Management Agency). In practice, the CFO Act agencies are the 24 largest Federal agencies in terms of budget; the 23
civilian CFO Act agencies are the CFO Act agencies minus the Department of Defense.
US-CERT is a division within DHS charged with responding to major information security incidents
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US Office of Management and Budget. (May 2, 2022). Number of reported cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2020, by attack vector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/697279/us-government-attacks-cyber-security-vector/
US Office of Management and Budget. "Number of reported cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2020, by attack vector." Chart. May 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/697279/us-government-attacks-cyber-security-vector/
US Office of Management and Budget. (2022). Number of reported cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2020, by attack vector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/697279/us-government-attacks-cyber-security-vector/
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