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DHS Inspector General Finds Information Security Program Improving But Needs Further Strengthening

Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report Wednesday saying that despite improvements, it recommends the department take four further steps to strengthen the oversight of its information security program.The report found that while DHS has taken actions to strengthen the information security program, components are still not consistently following DHS policies and procedures to maintain current or complete information on remediating security weaknesses timely.The OIG reviewed DHS’s information security program in accordance with…

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