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Top 10 Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information
Issued By: OMB - Effective Date: 07.18.2007, 0.099K, PDF
Abstract: To make the federal government's identity theft awareness, prevention, detection, and prosecution efforts more effective and efficient, the President's Identity Theft Task Force recently issued Combating Identity Theft: A Strategic Plan. The strategic plan instructed the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security to develop the attached paper identifying common risks (or mistakes ) and best practices to help improve your agency's security and privacy programs. Each risk is associated with selected best practices and important resources to help your agency mitigate and avoid these risks. All of the best practices and important resources are inter-related and complementary, and they can be broadly applied when administering your information security and privacy programs