GAO: FCC, 15 Other Agencies Have Ineffective Information Security Policies
The FCC and 15 other federal agencies have ineffective information security policies and practices, GAO reported Friday. The department of Commerce and Justice were also included in the group. Most of the 16 agencies sampled had “weaknesses in most security…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
control areas,” it said. GAO recommended the Office of Management and Budget hold coordinated cybersecurity review meetings “at more agencies that need them.” OMB held three such agency meetings in 2018, compared to 24 in 2016, GAO said. It suggested OMB submit a “statutorily required report to Congress on the effectiveness of agencies' information security policies and practices.”