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Jesup, IA | Cell phones and ipads get into NASS lockups before reports? Who would have thought it could happen?
www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/26501-0001-12.pdf
Can somebody help me, or paste this as a live link? That isn't part of my AgTalk skill set yet.
Here is the summary from the OIG report:
"What OIG Found:
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the National
Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) management needs to
improve the security of its sensitive commodity market data and other
information technology (IT) resources. We found that NASS did not
adequately enforce critical procedures and physical security measures
meant to protect the security of NASS information. Notably, although
banned from lockup, OIG was able to bring a cell phone into lockup
and witnessed a reporter using an iPad during lockup. NASS had also
not taken mitigating actions to address outstanding IT vulnerabilities,
thereby putting NASS’ systems at risk. As a result, sensitive
information could be compromised or leaked before its official
release, which could adversely affect equitable trading in commodity
markets. OIG notes that NASS experienced"
Edited by Ben Riensche 3/11/2014 11:40
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OIG report on NASS security before report releases
