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Report calls for USAMRIID computer security review
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:39:26 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=91231 By Justin M. Palk News-Post Staff June 09, 2009 A Defense Science Board report on military biolab safety issued last month identified insider threat as the labs' biggest security problem. The report's top recommendation was for a security review of computers that control access to and of the environmental systems' computers for the labs at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, at Fort Detrick. The environmental systems' computers help ensure that airborne pathogens cannot leave the labs. Specifically, the report warned that someone could surreptitiously connect those computers to a network, allowing an unauthorized person to access them remotely. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org
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