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OPM’s Weak Security Led to Breach: Report

Independent think tank reveals OPM's inspector general voiced concern over the agency's outdated security practices.

By Roy Urrico | Updated on July 23, 2015

Prior to last month’s massive breach of federal employee records, the Office of Personnel Management’s own inspector general repeatedly expressed concern over the agency’s outdated security practices, according to a report.

According to “Handing Over the Keys to the Castle: OPM Demonstrated that Antiquated Security Practices Harm National Security,” a report from the non-partisan think tank Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, the greatest failure behind the OPM breach was lack of a comprehensive governing policy for cybersecurity at the agency, which would have proactively controlled system access and mandated regular patches and upgrades. The breach reportedly impacted at least 22.5 million former, current and prospective U.S. employees.

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Roy Urrico

Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).

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