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To: steve who wrote (14596)	8/28/1999 10:34:00 PM
From: steve	Respond to of 26039

To all, Pentagon's computer security vulnerable, GAO says >>excerpt<<The Defense Department, perhaps the largest user of such information systems in the world, spends roughly $1 billion a year on computer system security, and has requested more money from Congress. "To put the kinds of corrections in will require consistent efforts, and those cost," Hansen said. The office of Defense Secretary William Cohen and other DOD operations within the Pentagon itself recently set up additional firewalls and password protection for information systems, she noted. The GAO said that while some corrective efforts have been undertaken in response to its earlier recommendations, progress has been "inconsistent across the various DOD components," including controls over who can physically or electronically gain access to sensitive computer systems. "Users were granted access to computer resources that exceeded what they required to carry out their job responsibilities," the report said. techserver.com steve