The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that the public health data is at risk to potential hackers after discovering that the computer systems of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lack security features.
The FDA is an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The GAO analyzed the agency’s seven information systems and found a total of 87 weaknesses including in its access controls, configuration management, contingency planning, and media protection. The report indicated that the FDA did not have adequate protection to the boundaries of its network, did not identify and authenticate systems users consistently and did not limit users’ access to the duties that they only required to perform. The agency also failed to encrypt system, audit and monitor system activity consistently and conduct physical security reviews of its facilities. For the full article click here
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