An IT security assessment released by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General on Tuesday found that more than half of the network switches at the Harlingen VA Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas, used outdated operating systems and did not meet the department’s baseline configurations.
The audit was conducted to determine whether Harlingen was complying with information security protections required by the Federal Information Security Management Act, or FISMA. OIG said it selected Harlingen—which is part of the Texas Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System that receives approximately 300,000 outpatient visits per year—for an assessment because it has not been previously reviewed during the annual FISMA audit.
OIG found deficiencies in three of the four security control areas at Harlingen, including with configuration management, contingency planning and access controls. OIG’s inspection team did not document any issues with the center’s security management… Read the full article here.
