There’s Even More Bad News About IRS Information Security

NextGov: The board charged with overseeing the Internal Revenue Service’s sprawling agglomeration of computer network directories doesn’t know basic facts about the directories it’s charged with overseeing and frequently isn’t informed about upgrades it’s supposed to be authorizing, a recent audit report found.

Network directory services include verifying that only authorized computers and other devices are operating on a network and ensuring that all users on the network are who they say they are.

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