FDIC's IT Systems at Elevated Risk

2010-12-01 06:39

http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3138 Gov Info Security November 30, 2010 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has worked hard to implement IT security procedures to safeguard its financial systems, but despite those efforts, the FDIC faces an elevated risk of the misuse of federal assets. That's according to Tuesday's Government Accountability Office report, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Needs to Mitigate Control Weaknesses, that also cited unauthorized modification or destruction of financial information, inappropriate disclosure of other sensitive information and disruption of critical operations that put the FDIC systems at risk. FDIC also failed to implement sufficiently access and other controls intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its financial systems and information. For example, GAO said, the FDIC didn't always: [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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