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Date Sept. 1, 1984 Report No. OLS-84-03 Title

Computer Crime and Security: An Annotated Bibliography of the Periodical Literature

e - -r- C O ~ ~ CRIME AND SECURITY: P E AN ANNOTATED BIBLIQGWBY OF THE PERIODICAL LITERATURE David Graham Ulrike Richardson U.S. General Accounting Office Office of Library Services Technical Library Branch September 1984 GAO Libraries Bibliography Series OLS-84-03 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. The Computer S e c u r i t y Problem: Computer C r i m i n a l s : The Legal Response Safeguarding t h e An ...
Date May 24, 1984 Report No. 124360 Title

Natural Resources: Safeguarding of Proprietary Data at Minerals Management Service OCS Regional Offices

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE t’\‘D nESrJuRCEr cof,‘k’uYITv ECC’JW’IC DEVELOPMENT 51 i’l:ION May 24, 1984 * - Mr. William Bettenberg Director, Minerals Management Department of the Interior Dear Mr. Bettenberg: Subject: Service Safeguarding of Proprietary Data at Minerals Management Service OCS Regional Offices (Code 005578) As part of our ongoing ass...
Date Oct. 26, 1983 Report No. 122730 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Computer Security in the Federal Government

U. S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M., EST WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1983 STATEMENT OF WARREN G. REED DIRECTOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENTAND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENTMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON COMPUTER SECURITY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Mr. Chairman and Mem...
Date Oct. 17, 1983 Report No. 122613 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Telecommunications Security and Privacy

U. S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M., EST MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1983 STATEMENT OF WARRENG. REED DIRECTOR INF3PMATIQN MA:JkGEMENTAND TECH::CL%Y DIVISION BEFORE THE s;LldZGMl?i':'TEE ON n~BANSPORTkTION, AKi.kTZO:;r, AND h'I'EKIALS COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND PRIVACY Mr. Cha...
Date June 22, 1983 Report No. AFMD-83-63 Title

Information Management: Bonneville's ADP Resource Management Controls Show Improvement, but More Needs To Be Done

LJNIED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING Oma WASHINGTON, D.C. 2OW JUN 2 2 1983 B-211147 Mr. Peter T. Johnson Bonneville Administrator, Administration Dear Power 122078 Mr. Johnson: Bonneville's ADP Resource Management Controls Show Improvement, But More Needs to Be Done (GAO/AFMD-83-63). Subject: Bonneville Power Administration's progress in making its automatic data processing (ADP) resource management c...
Date June 1, 1983 Report No. 122633 Title

GAO ADP Data Lines: Issue No. 3

ADP ADMINISTRATION 9 OFFICE OF PNFORW4TION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES U , S , GEMERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE - GS&C ISSUE NUMBER 3 JUNE, 1983 TABLE OF CONTENTS Note From the Director, Office of Information Systems and Services .ADP Notes page 2 Page 3 Page 10 Page 11 Page 1 4 Page 15 Page 17 Page 18 Page 20 Page 22 Page 24 Page - General ADP Information Processing of Procurement Requests CAPS (AMPS) and CDSI...
Date March 18, 1983 Report No. B-211147 Title

Information Management: Bonneville Power Administration Control System's Computer Security

REGI~~~AL OFFICE Room 19!X?, F&ml Seattle, Washingtort RuildinrJ 93774 14x7 Peter . T. Johnson, ACministrntor i3onnaville Power Administration Department 0E Energy P. 0. Box 3621 Portland, Olreigo~? 97203 W. Johns-con: Bonneville System’s 122958 fear Sub-j ect : Power ndminist.rat.iDn Security--More Be Done (B-211147)" Computer Control Needs To procedures which had no? yet been completed. We hsl...
Date Aug. 12, 1982 Report No. 122024 Title

National Defense: DOD System of Managing Physical Security at Military Bases

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 12, 1982 Statement Werner Grosshans, Procurement, Logistics before of Deputy Director and Readiness the Committee Division Eouse Armed Services Investigations Mr. Chairman, Investigations I am pleased Subcommittee to appear before the work physical discuss HI lllllllllll 1...
Date April 21, 1982 Report No. MASAD-82-18 Title

Information Management: Federal Information Systems Remain Highly Vulnerable to Fraudulent, Wasteful, Abusive, and Illegal Practices

REPORTBY THE U.S. General Accounting Office P r -.Federal Information Systems Remain Highly Vulnerable To Fraudulent, Wasteful, Abusive, And Illegal Practices Federal agencies rely on computers and telecommunication networks to collect, process, store, and disseminate information-one of the Nation’s most important and costly resources. However, inadequate protection over the computers, networks,...
Date Sept. 30, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-151 Title

Information Management: State Field Offices Are Not Protecting Social Security Beneficiary Information From Potential Abuse and/or Misuse

General Accounti~ng Office State Field Off ices Are Not Protecting Social Security Beneficiary Information From Potential Abuse And/Or Misuse Sociai Security gives personal beneficiary information to States for their use in administering federally financed public assistance programs. State field offices are not adquately protecting such information, and the Department of Health and Human Services ...
Date Sept. 23, 1981 Report No. 118089 Title

Income Security: Automatic Data Processing Problems at the Social Security Administration

UNITED STATES GElNEW ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE CN DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m., MT Wednesday, September 23, 1981 STATEMENTOF GREGORY AHART,DIREcToR J. JSJMANRESCXJRCE DIVISION BEFORE THE SUJ3OXMITEE CN LEGISLATICN ANDNATIONAI; SECURITY OPERATIONS COMMITTEE CNGOVERNMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON AU'ICMATIC DATA PKXXSSING PR33LWS AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ...
Date June 8, 1981 Report No. 115924 Title

Computer-Related Fraud: Current Issues and Directions

CURRENT ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS / P r e s e n t e d By JAMTS R. WATTS GROUP DIRECTOR ACCOTJNTING AND F I N A N C I A L MANAGEMENT D I V I S I O N U.S. GENERAL, ACCOUNTING O F F I C E Before T h e -_- 4 0 T H INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE O F THE I N S T I T U T E O F INTERNAL AUDITORS Phoenix, A r i z o n a June 8, 1981 -. Computer Crime Computer-related Computer Abuse B y w h a t e v e r name y o u c a ...
Date May 7, 1981 Report No. 115925 Title

Computer-Related Fraud: Current Issues and Directions

, * tl, &-OMPUTER-RELATED FRAUD: CURRENT I S S U E S AND D I R E C T I O N S 115925 Presented By JAMES R . WATTS GROUP D I R E C T O R A C C O U N T I N G AND F I N A N C I A L MANAGEMENT D I V I S I O N U.S. GENERAL A C C O U N T I N G O F F I C E Before The SIXTH AICPA NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR C P A s IN I N D U S T R Y A t Lanta8 G e o r g i a MAY f r 1981 -. -- Computer C r i m e Computer-relat...
Date April 3, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-30 Title

Financial Management: Weak Internal Controls Make Some Navy Activities Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

I 1 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES YV II I . i Report ToThe Congress Weak Internal Controls Make Some Navy Activities Vulnerable To Fraud, Waste, And Abuse Weaknesses in internal controls at the Naval Sea Systems Command, including two shipyards, and two other activities that provide services to the command make them vulnerable to fraudulent acts as well as nonintentional misuse of F...
Date April 30, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-56-I Title

Information Management: Central Agencies' Compliance With OMB Circular A-71, Transmittal Memorandum No. 1

LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION APRIL 30,198O B-198551 The Honorable Richardson Preyer Subcommittee on Government Chairman, Information and Individual Rights Operations Committee on Government House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Compliance With OMB Central Agencies' Memorandum Circular A-71, Transmittal No. J (LCD-80-56-I) 1 requested us to perform a Your December 21, 1979, letter fo...
Date Jan. 30, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-22 Title

National Defense: The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System--How Important Is It?

BY THE. CCI>MPT’ROLLEF? GENERAL ?eport ToThe Congress CF T”HE UNITEDSTATES The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System-How important Is It? The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System is being designed to counter the existing electronic countermeasures threat to U.S. by Warsaw Pact forces. communications Development of the system has been given a high priority, but management has...
Date Sept. 4, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-114 Title

Income Security: Followup on Computer Security at the Social Security Administration

UNITEDSTATES GENERALACCOUNT~NG OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-164031(4) A The Honorable Abraham Rlblcoff Committee on Chairman, Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. ChaIrman: on Computer c Followup Social Security (HRD-79-114) Security at the A&-zd SubJect* Your March 9, 1978, letter relating to our report to the Social Security Admlnlstratlon on computer sec...
Date June 1, 1979 Report No. ID-79-34 Title

Financial Management: Need for Internal Audit and Improved ADP Controls of the Export-Import Bank of the United States

UMID STATE M NERAL CWCGINTN OFICE 3 / 53 WASHINGTON, D.C. VW B-114823 Mr. John L. Moore, Jr. President and Chairman Export-Import Bank of the United States Dear Mr. Moore: JtUl 1, 1t97 we have recently completed our audit of the Export-Import 'AankcAEximta nk) fscalayear 1-978 -financial tatementz._ Dumiri the audit, we noted several ways in which Eximbank could improve its internal accounting con...
Date May 1, 1979 Report No. 094364 Title

Special Publications: Handling Rejected Input Transactions

Date March 21, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-109 Title

National Defense: DOD Automated Systems Security Programs

. :’ : lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMI 10907 "The Honorable The Secretary Dear Harold Erown of Defense Iztr. Secretary: ' We have completed our examinationxiTiam$ of utomated systems security programs in the Department of Defense:(DOD) and 2 other major Federal agencies. Our efforts resulted in a report, "Automated.Systems Security--Federal Agencies Should Strengthen Safeguards Over Personal a...
Date Feb. 13, 1979 Report No. 095385 Title

Special Publications: Privacy Protection and Technology

PRIVACY PROTECTION AND TECHNOLOGY Robert G. McKenzie Audit Manager Logistics and Communications Division U.S. General Accounting Office Information, while intangible, represents one of our Nation's most important and valuable assets. For without information, National. goals cannot be established or programs created or administered. The Federal Government -- indeed governments al: all levels functi...
Date Jan. 23, 1979 Report No. LCD-78-123 Title

Information Management: Automated Systems Security--Federal Agencies Should Strengthen Safeguards Over Personal and Other Sensitive Data

6f6L 'Ei &7.1-8L-a31 wauwedap pue AwaGe 40 Aiy!q!suodsaJ aql s! ua4.aeu.I asayi 6uy3ajjo3 aeqx paaj6e seq ia6pna pue wxua6eue~ 40 my40 ayl $uJaiu! J!aqi *sa3JnosaJ i!pne asn Alayi3a44a lou ‘.p!p-- pue :spJepueas 40 nearna leuo!ieN aqz Aq p!Aojd awe -pin6 le3!uq3ai ayr 40 a liz xuenpe aye1 iou pip uo!ie!mdde 40 y3el @nojqI-!spJenfia~es 40 uoll3aps ~~LLJOUO~ JOT sanbym 1uautafkweLu ys!~ Aoldura pu...
Date Nov. 20, 1978 Report No. FPCD-78-94 Title

Financial Management: Civil Service Commission Should Correct Weaknesses in Its Automatic Data Processing Policies and Practices

DOCUMENT RESU5E 07919 - [C2683711 rCivil Service Commission Should Correct VEaknesses in Its Automatic Data Processing Policies and Practices]. FPCD-78-94; B-115369. November 20, 1978. 5 pp. Report to Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, Civil Service Commission; by H. L. Krieger, Director, Federal Personnel and Compensation Div. Issue Area: Accounting and Financial Reporting- Operations, Financial Positio...
Date Sept. 29, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-129-II Title

National Defense: Development of Nontactical Secure Voice Systems

RELEASED ~p,q~c~ GSNERAL WunlNGToN. OF TNf 0.c. toy UNITED STATES l~~llMlllllllllll lllll lllllllllll~ll~l~~ll~ LMl07362 The honorable John C. Stennis Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Xr. Chairman: This is in response to the request of your staff'to advise you of the results to date of our review of the development of military and civil agency...
Date Sept. 29, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-129-I Title

National Defense: Development of Nontactical Secure Voice Systems

RELEASED ~p,q~c~ GSNERAL WunlNGToN. OF TNf 0.c. toy UNITED STATES l~~llMlllllllllll lllll lllllllllll~ll~l~~ll~ LMl07362 The honorable John C. Stennis Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Xr. Chairman: This is in response to the request of your staff'to advise you of the results to date of our review of the development of military and civil agency...
Date Sept. 27, 1978 Report No. PSAD-78-148 Title

Information Management: Computer Misuse by the Sigma Corporation, a NASA Contractor

DOCUMENT RESUME 07359 - [C2727830o1 J ( &SC (Computer Misuse by the Sigma Corporatioh, a NASA Contractor]. PSAD-78-148; B-115369. September 27, 1978. Released October 12, 1978. 5 pp. + 2 enclosures (25 pp.). Report to Sen. Villiam Proxmire, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Autoeatic Dat...
Date April 5, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-106 Title

National Defense: Multilevel Computer Security Requirements of the World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS)

DOCUMENT RESUME 05637 B 025974 ] Multilevel Computer Security Reqrirerents of the world lide Military Command and Control System (VNnCCS). LCD-78-¶S6; B-163074. April 5, 1978. IC pp. Report to Secretary, Department of Defense; by Fred J. Sbafer, Director, L.oqistics and Communications Div. Issue Area: Military Preparedness Plans: military Communications and Information Processing Needs (803); Aut...
Date Nov. 7, 1977 Report No. FGMSD-76-82 Title

Information Management: New Methods Needed for Checking Payments Made by Computers

Date Sept. 28, 1977 Report No. 094676 Title

Information Management: Security of Computer Systems

* . / CITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASBINGTON, D. C. 20548 --- -.---- FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY STATEMENTOF DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY, DIRECTOR FINANCIAL AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION BEFORE THE P COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCE AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE CONSUMER ON AFFAIRS /o ApI is HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES . . .. CONCERNING LSECURITY OF COMPU;PER TKE SYSTEMS 7 MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMB...
Date Aug. 18, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-73 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Review of Several Aspects of the Internal Revenue Service's Proposed Computerized Tax Administration System

DOCUMENT PESnMr -. 0312n - rA23134551 (. i.'- W i, rRPview of Several Aspects of the Internal Revenue Service's Proposed Computerized Tax Administration Systeml. CGD-77-7?; August 18, 1977. 12 pp. B-137766. Report to Pep. John E. Moss; Rep. Charles Rose; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Tax Administration (2700). contact: General Government Div. Budget Function: Miscellaneous: ...
Date March 15, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-37 Title

Financial Management: Review of Postal Service's Payroll System

Date Jan. 17, 1977 Report No. LCD-76-115 Title

Safeguarding Taxpayer Information: An Evaluation of the Proposed Computerized Tax Administration System

DOCUINIT RESUME 00050 - [A0591tO00 safeguarding Taxpayer Information: An Evaluation Coaputerized Tax Admieistration System. B-115369; of the Proposed LCD-76-115. January 17, 1977. 44 pp, Report to the Congress; by Blmer B. Staats, Comproller General. Issue Area: Automatic Data Processing: AcquiGring eand Using Resources (102); Tax Administration (2700). Contact: Logistics and Commaunications Div. ...
Date May 10, 1976 Report No. FGMSD-76-40 Title

Information Management: Managers Need To Provide Better Protection for Federal Automatic Data Processing Facilities

,? -\ c e m =3 k ‘S r* -,i f II-. , REPORT T&-kii CONGRESS IIllIllIll Ill\1lllllllll IllIlllllIll11 lilllIllI LM098255 Managers Need To Provide Better. Protection For Federal Automatic Data Processing Facilities M u ltiagency Physical security policies and practices employed at Federal data processing installations to prevent losses caused by bombings, fires, floods, frauds, thefts, embezzlement...
Date June 3, 1975 Report No. LCD-75-108 Title

Information Management: Improved Planning--A Must Before a Department-Wide Automatic Data Processing System Is Acquired for the Department of Agriculture

_- i‘ . %?s i oRm SAF@ GEPrfRAL Awl?@fj& @& 493747 REPORT TO THE CONGili$@$& LlBRA!?r *a . LM097018 nlll~lllilllslllllllllllllllllll Improved Planning -- A Must Before A Department-wide Automatic Data Processing System Is Acquired For The Department Of Agriculture BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LCD-75108 JlME ,w-'mF--5 --‘I=------I 3,1975 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C...