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DOD continues to buy products it knows have cybersecurity vulnerabilities
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 12:00:08 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.fedscoop.com/defense-department-known-cyber-vulnerabilities-lenovo-lexmark-gopro/ By Jackson Barnett FEDSCOOP July 31, 2019 The Department of Defense continues to buy millions of dollars in commercial off-the-shelf technology with known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, a watchdog report published last week found. The DOD inspector general’s report listed Lenovo computers, Lexmark printers and GoPro cameras as examples of unsecured equipment listed in the National Vulnerabilities Database that the DOD continues to purchase and use. The equipment was purchased years — or in some cases more than a decade — after the cybersecurity vulnerabilities were known. “If the DoD continues to purchase and use [commercial off the shelf] items without identifying, assessing, and mitigating known vulnerabilities associated with [commercial off the shelf] items, missions critical to national security could be compromised,” the report states. [...]
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