http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/faa-computers-vulnerable-to-hackers-gao-report-says/2015/03/02/388219ac-c119-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html
By Ashley Halsey III
The Washington Post
March 2, 2015
The Federal Aviation Administration has fallen short in its efforts to
protect the national air traffic control system from terrorists or others
who might try to hack into the computers used to direct planes in flight,
according to a government report released Monday.
The Government Accountability Office report credited the FAA with taking
steps to deter hackers but concluded that “significant security control
weaknesses remain, threatening the agency’s ability to ensure the safe and
uninterrupted operation of the national airspace.”
The FAA said it intends to implement the 14 changes recommended in the GAO
report.
In a written response to the GAO last month, Keith Washington, acting
assistant secretary for administration at the Department of
Transportation, said the FAA already had achieved six “major milestones”
toward improving cybersecurity and agreed with the GAO recommendations for
improvements.
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