Information Security: Federal Communications Commission Needs to Strengthen Controls over Enhanced Secured Network Project

Citation
Government Accountability Office, Information Security: Federal Communications Commission Needs to Strengthen Controls over Enhanced Secured Network Project (GAO-13-155) (Jan. 25, 2013) (full-text).

Overview
The FCC did not effectively implement appropriate information security controls in the initial components of the Enhanced Secured Network (ESN) project. Weaknesses identified in the Commission's deployment of components of the ESN project as of August 2012 resulted in unnecessary risk that sensitive information could be disclosed, modified, or obtained without authorization.

GAO made seven recommendations to the FCC to implement management controls to help ensure that ESN meets its objective of securing FCC's systems and information.