Half of Kansas' audited agencies failed cybersecurity checks

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Half of Kansas' audited agencies failed cybersecurity checks
February 21, 2020
https://statescoop.com/half-audited-kansas-state-agencies-fail-cybersecurity/

More than half of the state agencies in Kansas to undergo recent audits failed to comply with security standards and best practices.

A report released Wednesday by the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit shows that 11 of 19 audited agencies — including major departments such as the University of Kansas system, the Department for Children and Families, the Department of Education and the Kansas Secretary of State — fell short across a variety of standards required by state statute.

Sixty-three percent of Kansas agencies did not have adequate incident-response or continuity of service plans.
And 89 percent said they did not encrypt, back up or destroy electronic data.
The office also issued a warning.
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Republican State Sen. Julia Lynn is among the lawmakers who have been making noise about the state’s continual cybersecurity shortfalls in recent months. She’s called the compliance violations “very serious” and said lawmakers and the public won’t tolerate it much longer, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
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Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit: 3 Year Summary of Security Controls in Selected State Agencies (2017-2019)

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