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Missile Defense

IG Says DoD Not Properly Protecting Technical Missile Defense Info

Monday, December 17th, 2018

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IG Says DoD Not Properly Protecting Technical Missile Defense Info

A Defense Department Inspector General (IG) report released Dec. 14 said officials are not consistently implementing security controls to protect ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) technical information.The IG found officials at unspecified agencies “did not consistently implement security controls and processes to protect BMDS technical information.”The report, Security Controls at DoD Facilities for Protecting Ballistic Missile Defense System Technical Information, specifically cited managers not doing these security key activities:requiring the use of multifactor authentication to access BMDS technical information;identifying and mitigating…

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