Government agencies continue to see growing cybersecurity challenges. Software Security Assurance (SSA) is a new approach entities are taking to improve security measures in their organizations. A critical component of SSA are threat assessments, which involve accurately identifying and characterizing potential...
The Social Security Administration sold the information in a database of deceased individuals that erroneous contained the Social Security numbers, dates of birth, full names and ZIP codes of living people, the inspector general reports.
Institutions must enhance their security infrastructure and protect their customers' data in order to keep up with the demands of new and more stringent regulations. But how do you select the right providers for your institution to ensure compliance in your next audit?
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Mobile devices have forced a radical shift in the way organizations service their customers. Financial institutions are no exception to the pressure of extending their online services to the mobile channel. By 2015 mobile banking could reach one in five adults in the United States. But the growth in mobile devices has...
Auditors find that the SEC's IT office documented and incorporated National Institute of Standards and Technology patch requirements in its policies and procedures but that guidance wasn't always followed.
Government auditors gave the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. a sort of a pat on the back of a job well done in plugging holes in its IT security regarding the FDIC's financial systems.
Until the IRS corrects the identified weaknesses, its financial systems and information remain unnecessarily vulnerable to insider threats, including errors or mistakes and fraudulent or malevolent acts by insiders, GAO auditors says.
Consumer fraud trends suggest banking institutions will lead the fight against ID fraud, and international regulators are taking closer looks cross-border payments and money laundering.
It's not enough to recover data after an incident; also essential is restoring the software needed to read the data, as Federal Emergency Management Agency has learned. The inspector general explains it all.
Think your data is secure? Think again.
If you are sending data over a service provider's network, then you need to know: Current Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies offer no inherent data protection. It's time for you to take matters into your own hands to ensure your data is secure.
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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.
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.
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