The cybersecurity protections at U.S. government agencies — from federal to local levels — ranked dead last compared to 17 other private industries, according to a report from security risk startup SecurityScorecard. Reuters reports SecurityScorecard analyzed the security capabilities of major industries across 10 categories, including weaknesses to malware and rates of password exposure. The security startup examined 35 major government data breaches between April 2015 and April 2016, saying agencies had the worst scores on network security, software patching defects and malware. Among the 600 government entities SecurityScorecard examined, NASA was the worst performer, particularly its susceptibility to email spoofing and malware attacks. Other low ranking agencies included education and telecommunications, while information services, food and construction industries received high marks. 
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