United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-03-06 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-470T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-470T P0b002ee180394b16 f:d02470t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-470T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-470T GAO-02-470T Computer security Electronic data interchange Information resources management Information systems Internal controls Testimony A02861 Congress enacted reform provisions as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to minimize pervasive information security weaknesses that place federal operations at significant risk of disruption, tampering, fraud, and inappropriate disclosure of sensitive information. Increases in computer interconnectivity, especially in the use of the Internet, pose significant risks to computer systems and, to the critical operations and infrastructures they support, such as telecommunications, power distribution, public health, national defense, law enforcement, government and emergency services. Although agencies have taken steps to redesign and strengthen their information security programs, federal systems are not being adequately protected from computer-based threats, even though these systems process, store, and transmit enormous amounts of sensitive data and are indispensable to many federal agency operations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-470T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-470T.htm GAO-02-470T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-470T Testimony GAO-02-470T; Information Security: Additional Actions Needed to Fully Implement Reform Legislation; Computer security Electronic data interchange Information resources management Information systems Internal controls Public Law 106-398