Qld: Govt computers fail safeguard tests: Auditor
By Paul Osborne
BRISBANE, Dec 6 AAP - Personal details held on Queensland government computers couldbe at risk, with at least one in five departments failing a test of their safeguards.
A report by Queensland Auditor-General Len Scanlan this week identified a range ofvulnerabilities in government computer systems.
A study of 69 public sector bodies showed almost half had access control problems,including public servants who had left their organisations still being able to accesstheir former work computer accounts.
About a third had flawed security policies and guidelines - a worsening of the situationa year ago.
Mr Scanlan found some public servants had access to more systems than their jobs required,were often not monitored when using powerful access privileges and in some cases did notneed passwords to access systems.
"The continued identification of general information systems controls weaknesses overthe past three years, particularly in relation to access controls, and their negativeimpact on confidence in the integrity of an agency's data is of concern to me," Mr Scanlansaid in his report.
The Auditor-General also identified problems with the public service's use of the internet.
A study of four bodies showed a number of internet security vulnerabilities which werereferred back to the departments for fixing.
Some computers were open to the theft, changing and deletion of data and even controlover an entire network by hackers, the study showed.
Mr Scanlan recommended a tightening of internet security and risk management plans.
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