City hall is facing a “significant” risk of cyberattack and security breaches if it doesn’t improve the way it responds to information technology issues, Ottawa’s auditor general is warning.
In his annual report tabled Thursday, Ken Hughes pointed out a number of potential holes in the city’s IT network.
For one, the city lacks a full inventory of all the programs and networks being used by its many departments, Hughes said. Some of those departments have installed cloud-based applications without the IT department being told, he added.
As well, there are city staff with “little or no technical training” responsible for identifying technological risks and coming up with strategies to handle them, said Hughes. For the full article click here
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