High-Risk Series: Protecting Information Systems Supporting the Federal Government and the Nation's Critical Infrastructures

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A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since GAO designated computer security in the federal government as high risk in 1997, evidence of pervasive weaknesses has been continuing. Also, related risks have been escalating, in part because of the dramatic increases in computer interconnectivity and increasing dependence on computers to support critical operations and infrastructures, such as power distribution, water supply, national defense, and emergency services. This year, GAO expanded this high risk area to include protecting the information systems that support our nation's critical infrastructures, referred to as cyber critical infrastructure protection ... continued below

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United States. General Accounting Office. January 1, 2003.

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A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since GAO designated computer security in the federal government as high risk in 1997, evidence of pervasive weaknesses has been continuing. Also, related risks have been escalating, in part because of the dramatic increases in computer interconnectivity and increasing dependence on computers to support critical operations and infrastructures, such as power distribution, water supply, national defense, and emergency services. This year, GAO expanded this high risk area to include protecting the information systems that support our nation's critical infrastructures, referred to as cyber critical infrastructure protection or cyber CIP. Among other reasons for designating cyber CIP high risk is that terrorist groups and others have stated their intentions of attacking our critical infrastructures, and failing to protect these infrastructures could adversely affect our national security, economic security, and/or public health and safety."

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United States. General Accounting Office. High-Risk Series: Protecting Information Systems Supporting the Federal Government and the Nation's Critical Infrastructures, report, January 1, 2003; Washington D.C.. (digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc290947/: accessed April 22, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.