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GAO: Departments lag on FISMA controls

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Some of the agencies most critically involved with the country’s security still have not fully implemented key provisions of the Federal Information Security Management Act five years after the act was passed. The Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and State departments especially face challenges in establishing information security control activities that FISMA and the Office of Management and Budget require, the Government Accountability Office said.

The challenges for these agencies arose from various weaknesses, such as inadequate tools and gaps and inconsistencies in guidance, GAO said.

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