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Computer Security At LANL Still Vulnerable, GAO Says

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Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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A string of information security breaches earlier this decade has led to some measures being taken to protect classified security networks at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) but vulnerabilities remain in critical areas, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. Vulnerabilities remain in "identifying and authenticating the identity of users, authorizing user access, encrypting classified information, monitoring and auditing compliance with security policies, and maintaining software configuration assurance," says the report, Information Security: Actions Needed to Better…

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