USPS OIG Report: Protection Against External Cyberattacks

Objective Our objective was to determine if the Postal Service has an effective security posture to protect its Information Technology (IT) infrastructure from external cyberattacks and prevent unauthorized access to restricted data. In the past two years, 51 percent of organizations have experienced a cybersecurity incident that resulted in a significant disruption to their IT…

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USPS OIG Report: Western Area Physical Security and Environmental Controls

Objective Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Postal Service has implemented effective physical security and environmental and wireless access controls according to policy and industry best practices at the [redacted] Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC). The Postal Service has the mail processing resources, information technology (IT) network, and transportation infrastructure necessary to deliver…

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USPS: EBay passwords should be changed, CISO says

Employees should change their eBay passwords, the Postal Service’s Corporate Information Security Office (CISO) says. CISO’s advisory follows eBay’s recent disclosure that it experienced a major security breach. The personal information of 145 million eBay customers was exposed, according to the company. In a statement, eBay said it had “no evidence of any unauthorized access…

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