OPM cybersecurity update Some postal employees could be affected, agency says The cybersecurity incidents announced recently by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) could affect some Postal Service employees. According to OPM, current, former and prospective federal employees and contractors had data stolen in two separate incidents. The Postal Service and the Postal Inspection Service […]
(7/20/15) While the Postal Service appreciates the intent and role of the USPS OIG in developing its recent audit on cyber security issues, the findings do not reflect the current state of the organization’s capabilities. The scope of this audit was based solely on the state of cybersecurity when a significant cyber intrusion was discovered […]
July 17, 2015 This report presents the results of our audit of U.S. Postal Service Cybersecurity Functions (Project Number 15TG008IT000). This was a self-initiated audit to determine whether the structure, operations, and resourcing of the Postal Service’s cybersecurity functions align with best practices to support the enterprise. See Appendix A for additional information about this […]
OPM Announces Steps to Protect Federal Workers and Others From Cyber Threats July 9, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber incident involving Federal background investigation data and the steps it is taking to protect those impacted. Throughout […]
OPM: Frequently Asked Questions on Cybersecurity Updated June 27, 2015 What information was compromised in the intrusion involving personnel records? OPM maintains personnel records for the Federal workforce. The kind of data that may have been compromised includes your name, Social Security number, date and place of birth, and current and former addresses. It could […]
Katherine Archuleta, OPM Director’s Blog July 4, 2015 As our hardworking Federal workforce enjoys a much-deserved holiday weekend, I want to share a quick update on the ongoing investigation into the recent theft of information from OPM’s networks. For those individuals whose data may have been compromised in the intrusion affecting personnel records, we are […]
Washington (CNN) The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected by a cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management – more than four times the 4.2 million the agency has publicly acknowledged. The number is expected to grow, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation. […]
McGann Hire to Strengthen CyberSecurity Expertise McGann retired from USPS just eight days after it was announced a major cyber intrusion that potentially compromised the data of approximately 800,000 current and former employees. McGann’s departure, however, was not related to the breach and had been planned, according to a senior USPS official. In August a […]