From: InformationWeek/Government
Recent GAO report finds that agencies lack consistent documented responses to cybersecurity incidents, recommends greater scrutiny of response plans.
Most federal agencies examined in a recent study by the Government Accountability Office lack a consistent, documented approach in responding to cybersecurity incidents, which it said could put government data and IT systems at greater risk.
The report studied responses by the 24 major executive branch agencies to a sample of security incidents reported in fiscal 2012. It found that “the 24 agencies did not effectively or consistently demonstrate actions taken in response to a detected incident in about 65 percent of reported incidents.”
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