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DoD IT Networks Could Fail in Catastrophe

Via UPI.

Pentagon computer networks are not properly backed up and a failure could cause a "stoppage of war-fighting operations," its inspector general says.

The Defense Department also provided "erroneous information" to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget about whether it "had contingency planning procedures in place and periodically tested the procedures necessary to recover the systems from an unforeseen, and possibly devastating, event."

The inspector general audited contingency plans for Defense Department networks "to continue operations during a disruptive or catastrophic event."

posted by Fergie @ 2/11/2008 02:35:00 PM