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Nuclear Lab Remains Vulnerable to Cyberstrikes, Energy IG says
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:46:49 -0600 (CST)
http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2013/02/nuclear-lab-remains-vulnerable-cyberstrikes-energy-ig-says/61347/ By Chris Schneidmiller Global Security Newswire February 15, 2013A leading U.S. nuclear arms site has taken significant steps in recent years to defend against strikes on its computer systems, but key weaknesses remain to be fixed, the Energy Department’s inspector general said this week.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico uses a host of information systems and networks to carry out its duties, which include research and production programs in support of maintaining the nation’s nuclear arsenal, Inspector General Gregory Friedman said in a memorandum attached to a cybersecurity report.
“The vulnerabilities in the report do cover national security systems (systems which process classified data),” Felicia Jones, spokeswoman for the DOE Inspector General’s Office, told Global Security Newswire by e-mail. “We cannot comment on whether or not these systems pertained to the lab’s nuclear arms work.”
Friedman’s office in previous audits has found vulnerabilities in Los Alamos’ defenses against computer-based assaults, such as insufficient monitoring at the laboratory and federal levels and key protections that did not work correctly.
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