Class dunce

This from ZDNet:

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security received its first-ever non-failing grade, while the federal government as a whole recorded incremental improvements on an annual computer security report card released Thursday by a congressional committee.

Got that? Homeland Security, the agency that, as far as I can tell, is in charge of annoying us at airports and keeping us all confused with an incomprehensible, color-coded "national threat advisory" -- all in the name of "security" -- has finally managed to pull a barely passing "D" grade on its in-house computer security.

Hoorah.

The turning point came, apparently, when DHS took an inventory of its security systems, a step toward knowing what it needs to protect, if it ever gets around to protecting that stuff.