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GAO Calls Attention to Unresolved Cybersecurity Issues - biometricupdate.com
Citing the potential for sensitive personal data to be jeopardized due to inattention to a series of open recommendations tied to cybersecurity and information technology management, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently warned Social Security Administration officials of the dangers of “bureaucratic inertia.” In a public report, GAO cited 11 open recommendations related to high-risk areas which, if addressed, “… could significantly improve SSA’s ability to deter threats and manage its critical systems, operations, and information. Their report, a link to which is included in a post by Anthony Kimery (former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today) published yesterday on biometricupdate.com, addressed items critically linked to persistent federal high-risk areas. Read the full post here…