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Information security : agencies continue to report progress, but need to mitigate persistent weaknesses : report to congressional committees.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Administrative agencies--Information technology.
- Administrative agencies.
- Computer security--United States--Evaluation.
- Computer security.
- Computer networks--Security measures--Government policy--United States.
- Computer networks.
- Data protection--United States--Evaluation.
- Data protection.
- Information storage and retrieval systems--Security measures--United States--Evaluation.
- Information storage and retrieval systems.
- Computer networks--Security measures--Government policy.
- Computer security--Evaluation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 61 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Agencies continue to report progress, but need to mitigate persistent weaknesses
- Federal information security
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
- Summary:
- For many years, GAO has reported that weaknesses in information security are a widespread problem that can have serious consequences, such as intrusions by malicious users, compromised networks, and the theft of intellectual property and personally identifiable information, and has identified information security as a governmentwide high-risk issue since 1997. Concerned by reports of significant vulnerabilities in federal computer systems, Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), which authorized and strengthened information security program, evaluation, and reporting requirements for federal agencies. In accordance with the FISMA requirement that the Comptroller General report periodically to Congress, GAO's objectives were to evaluate (1) the adequacy and effectiveness of agencies' information security policies and practices and (2) federal agencies' implementation of FISMA requirements. To address these objectives, GAO analyzed agency, inspectors general, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and GAO reports. GAO is recommending that the Director of OMB take several actions, including revising guidance.
- Notes:
- Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed July 24, 2009).
- "July 2009."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-09-546."
- OCLC:
- 427661122
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