first published week of:   02/06/2023

Majority of GAO's Cyber Recommendations Since 2010 Have Gone Unresolved

by Edward Graham

A new watchdog report found that the White House needs to do more to improve cybersecurity practices across federal agencies, including issuing a more holistic national cybersecurity strategy.

The Government Accountability Office said in a report on Thursday that federal agencies have not implemented almost 60% of the cybersecurity recommendations issued by the watchdog since 2010, potentially undermining their ability to safeguard sensitive information.

The report—which GAO said is “the first in a series of four reports that lay out the main cybersecurity areas the federal government should urgently address”—found that approximately 190 of the watchdog’s 335 recommendations had not been put in place as of December 2022. GAO warned that “until these are fully implemented, federal agencies will be more limited in their ability to protect private and sensitive data entrusted to them.”

To enhance agencies’ cybersecurity practices and protocols, GAO said that the Biden administration should work to implement a “comprehensive national cybersecurity strategy” that includes robust oversight and addresses the full range of“desirable characteristics of national strategies””

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