Information Security: USDA Needs to Implement Its Departmentwide Information Security Plan

Abstract

USDA has taken positive steps to begin improving its information security by developing its August 1999 Action Plan with recommendations to strengthen department-wide information security and hiring a new Associate Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Cyber-Security who is working to address specific vulnerabilities and other potential threats. However, since the plan was issued in August 1999, little process has been made to implement other recommendations in the plan for strengthening the department's information security. Moreover, USDA has not developed and documented a strategy for implementing the action plan recommendations with established priorities and the detailed steps, time frames, milestones, and total resources needed to fully carry then out.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA394206

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Commerce
  • Computer Network Security
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Centers
  • Detection
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Risk Analysis
  • Security
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Cyber