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

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1151831

Entities

People

  • Gregory C. Wilshusen
  • Nabajyoti Barkakati

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyber Threats
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Malware
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Media
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense

Technology Areas

  • Cyber