Federal air marshal Blackberries at risk, says DHS OIG

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/federal-air-marshal-blackberries-risk-says-dhs-oig/2011-08-22

By David Perera
FierceGovernmentIT
August 22, 2011

Servers supporting the Blackberry devices used by federal air marshals 
have high-risk vulnerabilities thanks to a backlog of security patches, 
says the Homeland Security Department inspector general.

In a redacted report dated July 29 not posted online until Aug. 22, the 
DHS OIG says scans of Federal Air Marshall Service Blackberry enterprise 
servers turned up a number of vulnerabilities, the total number being 
undisclosed to the public.

Transportation Security Administration officials (the air marshal 
service is part of the TSA) told auditors a backlog of server patches 
built up thanks to a recent switch in infrastructure providers that 
caused the previous patch testing environment to be unavailable. The 
backlog is being addressed, the report states.

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