Ya just gotta love the media agendas. I scanned the report and saw some audit 'boiler plate' (yawn) but most all of the real 'problems' were network and Windows related (shock and awe). I did not see any unresolved mainframe issues. True, I did not see the detailed findings, but I'd bet a nickel that I've seen every one of the mainframe findings before on my own audits.
Really sad that the authors felt that it was more important to bash mainframes than report facts. My $0.02 (before taxes) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kopischke, David G. Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: IRS Mainframe Not Secure Enough >From SearchDataCenter today.... IRS MAINFRAME NOT SECURE ENOUGH, GOVERNMENT REPORT SAYS Mark Fontecchio, News Writer The federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report detailing information security issues at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and among them are lax mainframe management monitoring. This isn't the first time the GAO has found issues with the IRS' data centers and mainframes. Last year the GAO found 115 weaknesses in information security at the IRS. To the agency's credit, 49 of them have been fixed. But this isn't a two-year thing. There have been information security problems at the IRS for years. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/irs-mainframe-n ot-secure-enough-government-report-says/?track=NL-576&ad=683880&asrc=EM_ NLN_5568886&uid=279318 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
