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State Department Inspector General Report Finds Cyber Deficiencies

Monday, December 14th, 2015

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A State Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) report released Dec. 9 revealed information security and management deficiencies at 11 overseas missions and one domestic bureau as well as other issues.Despite the department spending about $1.4 billion in information technology (IT) in FY '15, the OIG report (Semiannual Report to the Congress, April 1, 2015, to September 30, 2015) said cybersecurity incidents included malicious actors exploiting vulnerabilities, potentially compromising sensitive information and significant downtime to normal operations.“Inspectors found information-technology and…

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