IRS Still Has Dozens of Cyber Fixes to Make From Last Year

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IRS Still Has Dozens of Cyber Fixes to Make From Last Year
July 18, 2019
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecuri...has-dozens-cyber-fixes-make-last-year/158537/

The IRS has yet to address dozens of security gaps within its IT infrastructure and data management processes that could leave the information of millions of taxpayers vulnerable to digital attackers, according to a congressional watchdog.

The Government Accountability Office on Thursday released a report outlining numerous deficiencies in the tax agency’s information security procedures, many of which could allow employees or other nefarious actors to illegally access taxpayer data.
As of September, the IRS has yet to fully implement 127 GAO recommendations intended to bolster the security of the agency’s IT infrastructure, according to auditors. All but 20 of those recommendations had been issued prior to the watchdog’s 2018 audit, they said.
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