The General Services Administration needs to strengthen its IT security program in four key areas, the GSA inspector general says in its latest information security audit.
Cybersecurity reform was part of a defense bill that included a provision to repeal a law that bar gays from serving openly in the military. Supporters couldn't muster the support to bring a Senate vote on the bill.
Since 1992, the U.S. has relied on supercomputers to simulate underground nuclear weapons tests, but congressional auditors contend there's limited assurance vital information can be recovered to meet national security priorities if the systems fail.
No one knows risk better than the internal auditor, and so no individual has a better opportunity to add risk management value to organizations, says Richard Chambers, president of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
To help agencies secure their wireless networks and technologies, the Government Accountability Office came up with eight leading practices. For now, GAO says, wireless networks remain at an increased vulnerability to attack.
GAO says the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. failed to implement sufficiently access and other controls intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its financial systems and information.
"Simple adherence to improving FISMA metrics has been insufficient, in itself, for significant improvement to he department's cybersecurity posture," Transportation CIO Nitin Pradhan says.
An (ISC)2 survey suggests that a Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency paper backs a government-run board to oversee IT security certifications, a point disputed by the report's author. Where does the truth lie?
Key factors making the security landscape riskier are the rapid rise of social networking, the growing reliance on cloud computing and the growing sophistication, criminalization and organization of hackers, a new survey shows.
IT security weaknesses have exposed NASA to cybersecurity threats that are growing in scope and sophistication, the space agency's inspector general says.
IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman responds that the IRS has reduced material weaknesses in its security controls over the past year, with the agency taking additional steps to reduce risk further in the coming year.
An inspector general report cites seven incidents this past year at the Social Security Administration when individuals weren't disciplined for installing non-standard software that contained malware.
By exploiting high-risk vulnerabilities, hackers could attack public-facing computers to enter the websites and gain access to sensitive data, such as password, take control of a server and attack other computers on DOT's networks, DOT's IG says.
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