Coast Guard: actions needed to enhance IT program implementation : report to congressional committees / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Coast Guard--Information technology--Management.

United States.

United States. Coast Guard--Operational readiness--Planning.

United States. Coast Guard.

Computer security--Risk management--United States.

Computer security.

Cloud computing--United States.

Cloud computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 50 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

GAO-22-105092 Coast Guard IT program

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2022.

Summary:

The U.S. Coast Guard relies extensively on IT systems and services to carry out its 11 statutory missions. It also relies on operational technology, which encompasses a broad range of programmable systems or devices that interact with the physical environment, such as sensors and radar. Historically, the Coast Guard has had longstanding issues managing its technology resources. As such, it plans to spend $93 million to improve the reliability and performance of these resources in fiscal year 2022. This report addresses, among other things, the extent to which the Coast Guard (1) has a process to plan for network capacity; (2) has cybersecurity risk management processes for IT and for operational technology; and (3) has incorporated federal requirements in its strategy for cloud computing. GAO is making eight recommendations to improve the Coast Guard's IT program implementation.

Contents:

Background.

Coast Guard has processes to address its IT infrastructure but lacks network capacity planning.

Coast Guard's IT cybersecurity risk management process differs for operational technology and has been inconsistently applied.

Coast Guard incorporated most federal cloud requirements into its strategy and policies.

Conclusions.

Recommendations for executive action.

Agency comments.

Appendices.

Notes:

"July 2022."

"GAO-22-105092."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed August 4, 2022).

OCLC:

1338316413