Report: Contingency Plans Lacking for Majority of Critical DOD Systems

By Sebastian Sprenger / February 11, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Defense Department officials have insufficient plans for restoring service of the majority of the military's most vital information systems after an emergency outage, Pentagon auditors said in a report published last week. Officials in the Pentagon's inspector general's office based their assessment on a review of 240 out of the 436 DOD systems deemed mission-critical, which means the loss of these systems would cause the "stoppage" of crucial support to military operations, the Feb. 5 report reads. Based on the...

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