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Subject: [ISN] Gmail, Hotmail Pose Government Security Risk
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-03-25 6:22:10
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.1103250022010.24244 () conundrum ! infosecnews ! org
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229400231
By Mathew J. Schwartz
InformationWeek
March 24, 2011
Government use of Webmail is under fire in Australia, with one
government oversight group calling for it to be blocked inside
government agencies.
That recommendation comes from the Australian National Audit Office
(ANAO), which recently audited four Australian government agencies to
assess the effectiveness of their information security framework,
network security management, access management, and equipment security.
The audit examined four groups inside the Australian government: the
Office of Financial Management, ComSuper (which handles government
pensions), Medicare Australia, and the Department of the Prime Minister
and Cabinet. They served as a representative cross-sample of agencies
and their approach to IT, or ICT (information and communication
technologies), as it is often known abroad.
Interestingly, auditors found that government employees were actively
using Webmail accounts such as Gmail and Hotmail. According to the
ANAO's report, "Webmail accounts were accessible in one of the audited
agencies, and logs showed that some staff were using these accounts on a
regular basis."
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