The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has suffered five data breach incidents of at least 10,000 records since October and plans to introduce new measures to step up network security at the agency, the Washington Post reported Monday.
Joe Davidson writes a retroactive report to lawmakers cited breaches into taxpayers’ personal information after employees with access to the data left FDIC.
An FDIC employee inadvertently downloaded the data of 44,000 customers prior to departure from the agency, according to an April report by the Post.
FDIC has submitted to Congress a document that outlines security practices the agency plans to adopt over the use of encryption in portable devices, end-to-end evaluation of internal information technology programs, mitigation efforts for future program gaps and the use of software to locate misplaced data, Davidson reports.
Federal News Radio reported Monday the agency also plans to revise its mobile device usage policies for employees, form a new incident tracking system, establish an incident response coordinator role, track printed materials in high-risk areas, create a chief information office and overhaul both reporting and incident escalation procedures.
