D.C. Metro needs to improve its cybersecurity, audit finds

StateScoop: The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the public transportation agency for the nation's capital, isn’t defending itself from cyberattacks as well as it should be, according to an internal audit completed last month by its inspector general's office.

A brief summary of the audit released in late June noted that WMATA's board of directors agreed with the audit's findings that while the agency has taken steps to implement an "IT incident" or cyberattack, it needs to improve its abilities to detect, report and resolve incidents.

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