Quick Bytes: Homeland security.

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By Peter Piazza

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Many core components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have weak information-security practices and controls in areas such as risk assessment, security testing and evaluation, and remedial action plans, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The report concluded that DHS’s “ability to protect its information and information systems will be limited” until these weaknesses are corrected. @ SM Online has the report.

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