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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	Aug. 9, 2000
Report No.	AIMD-00-269
Subject	Application software Auditing standards Authorization Computer resources Computer security Data destruction Data integrity Federal debt Financial applications Financial management systems Financial statement audits Internal controls Reporting requirements Software verification and validation Computer resources management

Summary:

Although various management and reconciliation controls help the Bureau of the Public Debt detect potential irregularities or improprieties in its financial data or transactions, such controls do not prevent threats to its computer resources or operating environment from unintentional errors or omissions, or intentional modification, disclosure, or destruction of data and programs by disgruntled employees, intruders, or hackers. These vulnerabilities increase the risk of inappropriate disclosure and modification of sensitive data and programs, misuse or damage of computer resources, or disruption of critical operations. In its fiscal year 1999 audit, GAO identified general control vulnerabilities in the Bureau's entity-wide security management program, access controls, application software development and change controls, and service continuity. The Bureau told GAO that it had corrected or was correcting these vulnerabilities.

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