OIG Says Vulnerabilities In FDA Network Could Lead To Data Leak, Urges Fixes

The HHS Office of Inspector General has uncovered several vulnerabilities in FDA's computer network, including error messages revealing sensitive system information and lack of assessments on all external servers, that it warns could lead to unauthorized disclosure of FDA data and mission-critical systems being made unavailable. The OIG released a scrubbed version of its findings Tuesday (Oct. 21), but provided FDA with a more-detailed report outlining the specific vulnerabilities and laying out a plan for closing the gaps. “In general,...