The IRS made many errors and failed to follow guidelines in maintaining the security of its cloud systems, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a report issued Friday.
According to TIGTA, the IRS failed to maintain appropriate separation of duties for certain roles related to cloud systems and didn’t “follow guidance to prevent conflicts of interest, increasing the risk of erroneous and inappropriate actions.”
The report found that 35 of 50 cloud systems that TIGTA reviewed had the same individual filling the system owner and authorizing official roles. It also found a cloud system operating in ...
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