The Department of Energy (DoE) remains vulnerable to cyber threats directed towards its critical systems and applications, including those in its nuclear security office, after failing to mitigate all known vulnerabilities identified in 2016 by the department's Inspector General (IG) office.A new IG report, released the week of Oct. 8, finds DoE has yet to address 3 of the 16 cyber vulnerabilities it cited in its 2016 evaluation of the department, including an ineffective vulnerability management program, lagging system integrity for its web…
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