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Computer Security: DEA Is Not Adequately Protecting National Security Information

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 19, 1992
Report No. IMTEC-92-31
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Summary:

Weak computer security at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is putting classified information on informants and undercover operations at needless risk, potentially endangering lives and ultimately jeopardizing the war on drugs. DEA does not know what computers are processing national security information, and personnel are routinely processing classified information improperly on computers that are neither approved for such use nor appropriately safeguarded. Lax physical security makes these weaknesses even more disturbing. Access to computer areas is poorly controlled and non-DEA employees lacking security clearances, such as janitors, work unescorted in these areas. In addition, floppy diskettes and classified documents are left unsecured. The Department of Justice has discovered similar problems at another important DEA field site.

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