Information Security: Weaknesses Place Commerce Data and Operations at Serious Risk

Abstract

The Department of Commerce generates and disseminates some of the nation's most important economic information that is of paramount interest to U.S. businesses, policy makers, and researchers. Because the dramatic rise in the number and sophistication of cyberattacks on federal information systems is of growing concern. Your committee requested that we determine if the Department of Commerce has effectively implemented (1) logical access and other information system controls over its computerized data, (2) incident detection and response capabilities, and (3) an information security management program and related procedures. This report provides a general summary of the computer security weaknesses we identified in the unclassified information systems of the seven Commerce organizations we reviewed as well as in the management of the department's information security program.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA394215

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Commerce
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Cybersecurity
  • Economic Development
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • International Trade
  • Internet
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Risk Analysis
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Educational Psychology

Technology Areas

  • Cyber