The exterior of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters is seen on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The agency hasn’t consistently implemented cyber measures under FISMA, per the watchdog. CFPB’s CIO said the report lacks context and doesn’t account for “significant improvements.”
The central bank’s inspector general documented multiple incidents of the staffer transferring files to unencrypted devices before their retirement in July 2024.
Virtru’s Christian Eng says stronger collaboration and whole-of-state policies are key to overcoming fragmented IT environments and securing citizen data.
With less than 500 days until a key federal zero-trust mandate, Virtru’s Shannon Vaughn says agencies must tackle the hardest pillar—data—by securing information at the object level.
An SSA spokesperson maintained the agency is “not aware of any compromise” to the cloud environment referenced in the complaint from the agency’s chief data officer.
FDA Building 21 stands behind the sign at the campus’s main entrance and houses the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The FDA campus is located at 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. (FDA / Wikimedia Commons)
Two sources told FedScoop that agency workers have received others’ personal data, including Social Security numbers. The issue comes amid broader concerns about security of the packets.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the agency has taken steps in the right direction after a contractor shared thousands of tax returns with two…
Tony Plater discusses the Navy’s use of zero trust, network segmentation and modern firewalls to share and access information securely anytime and anywhere.
Today’s cloud and SaaS infrastructure, requires security solutions that protect data in all its states and minimize the inherent complexity of hybrid IT, says Adam Bromwich.
