GAO Report Highly Critical of DHS IT Systems

Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Needs to Fully Implement Its Security Program GAO-05-700, June 17, 2005. Highlights.

  • “DHS has not fully implemented a comprehensive, departmentwide
    information security program to protect the information and information systems that support its operations and assets. It has developed and documented departmental policies and procedures that could provide a framework for implementing such a program; however, certain departmental components have not yet fully implemented key information security practices and controls.”
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