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Accession Number:

AD1151831

Title:

Information Security: Agencies Need to Improve Controls over Selected High Impact Systems

Author(s):

• Wilshusen, Gregory C
• Barkakati, Nabajyoti

Author Organization(s):

• United States Government Accountability Office

Report Date:

2016-05-01

Abstract:

In GAOs survey of 24 federal agencies, the 18 agencies having high-impact systems identified cyber attacks from nations as the most serious and most frequently-occurring threat to the security of their systems. These agencies also noted that attacks delivered through e-mail were the most serious and frequent. During fiscal year 2014, 11 of the 18 agencies reported 2,267 incidents affecting their high-impact systems, with almost 500 of the incidents involving the installation of malicious code.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

94

File Size:

5.70MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

• business administration
• cybersecurity
• information systems
• personnel management
• computer access control
• computers
• cyberattacks
• malware
• information security
• computer programming
• congress
• information exchange
• information processing
• united states government
• cyber threats
• national security
• computer programs

SubjectCategory:

• Mathematical and Computer Sciences

Communities of Interest:

• Cyber

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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