- Feb 22, 2013
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Cybersecurity failures raise threat of 'deadly missile attacks,' Pentagon watchdog says
Cybersecurity lapses as basic as neglecting to encrypt classified flash drives and failing to put physical locks on critical computer servers leave the United States vulnerable to deadly missile attacks, the Defense Department's internal watchdog says in a new report.
The report, dated Dec. 10 but not made public until Friday, sums up eight months of investigation of the nation's ballistic missile defense system by the Pentagon's Office of Inspector General, or IG.
The audit examined five of the 104 Defense Department facilities that manage ballistic missile defense systems and technical information.
The facilities aren't identified in the heavily redacted 44-page report. But the report makes numerous specific references to programs involving the Army, the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency....
Source and more info:Cybersecurity failures raise threat of 'deadly missile attacks,' Pentagon watchdog says
Cybersecurity lapses as basic as neglecting to encrypt classified flash drives and failing to put physical locks on critical computer servers leave the United States vulnerable to deadly missile attacks, the Defense Department's internal watchdog says in a new report.
The report, dated Dec. 10 but not made public until Friday, sums up eight months of investigation of the nation's ballistic missile defense system by the Pentagon's Office of Inspector General, or IG.
The audit examined five of the 104 Defense Department facilities that manage ballistic missile defense systems and technical information.
The facilities aren't identified in the heavily redacted 44-page report. But the report makes numerous specific references to programs involving the Army, the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency....
Source and more info:Cybersecurity failures raise threat of 'deadly missile attacks,' Pentagon watchdog says
