United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-10-14 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-99-2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2 P0b002ee1803904d5 f:ai99002 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2 AIMD-99-2 Computer security Debt held by public Federal agency accounting systems Financial management systems Data integrity Financial statement audits Internal controls Parkersburg (WV) Letter Report AIMD Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the general and application controls that support key automated financial systems maintained and operated by the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD).<p/>GAO noted that: (1) overall, GAO found that BPD implemented effective computer controls; however, GAO identified certain vulnerabilities in general controls involving: (a) access to data and programs; (b) physical access; (c) contingency planning; and (d) security management; (2) GAO also identified vulnerabilities in the controls for two key BPD financial applications maintained and operated at the BPD data center in Parkersburg, West Virginia; (3) addressing these vulnerabilities requires: (a) strengthening access controls by further restricting system access rights and improving security monitoring; and (b) managing accuracy controls more effectively by ensuring that established procedures are followed to prevent unauthorized deletion of exception reports; (4) in most cases, BPD has corrected or is correcting the vulnerabilities that GAO identified; (5) GAO provided a general summary of the vulnerabilities that existed on September 30, 1997; (6) those that GAO verified had been fully resolved subsequent to September 30, 1997, GAO has so noted; and (7) GAO will review the status of BPD's other corrective actions as part of its fiscal year 1998 financial audits. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2.pdf GAO/AIMD-99-2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-2 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-99-2; Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Computer Controls; Computer security Debt held by public Federal agency accounting systems Financial management systems Data integrity Financial statement audits Internal controls Parkersburg (WV)