http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101118/ns-auditor-sees-security-flaws-101118/ The Canadian Press Nov. 18, 2010 HALIFAX -- Security weaknesses in computer systems operated by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations place a wide range of personal and business information at risk, the auditor general concluded in a report released Wednesday. Jacques Lapointe said he found problems in the way passwords are controlled, computer accounts are set up and security changes are made, which means there's a risk information in three of four registries can be used inappropriately by department staff and contract employees. The problems primarily affect the land, business and joint stock registries. "Security configuration settings for the IT systems that support the registries are not sufficient to prevent unauthorized access," the report states. "Improperly configured systems limit (the department's) ability to ensure information it retains is secure." Lapointe said that in addition to the internal risk, the potential exists for external hackers to get into the system through collusion, bribery and blackmail, which could lead to identity theft, the loss of land ownership or the disruption of business operations. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Thu Nov 18 2010 - 22:26:24 PST
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