Department of Veterans Affairs Generally Meets Information Security Standards
The Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that the VA's Office of Information Technology (OIT) management of mobile devices generally met information security standards.
VA’s OIT manages more than 50,000 mobile devices that store and transmit veteran information that must be protected, says the audit. The OIG found OIT’s security practices for mobile devices generally minimized security weaknesses within VA’s network. However, the OIG did find vulnerabilities associated with configuration management: