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Federal News Radio: How VA is putting an end to its run of cybersecurity as a material weakness

“For the last 18 years, the Veterans Affairs Department has flunked its cybersecurity examine. The agency’s inspector general, for 18 years, has found cybersecurity as a material weakness…”

“Despite 18 years of failure, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. The most recent evidence came Dec. 7, during the latest congressional committee to seek answers and assurances from VA.

Blackburn held up a note from acting Federal CIO Margie Graves telling VA it had fixed 11 troubled areas highlighted by the CyberStat process…”

Source: How VA is putting to an end to its run of cyber as a material weakness – By Jason Miller, December 22, 2017, Federal News Radio. Read the full article here.

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Jackie Gilbert
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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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