Information Security: Computer Attacks at Department of Defense Pose IncreasingRisks. Statement of Jack L. Brock, Director, Defense Information and Financial Management Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division

摘要

The Ranking Minority Member and other Subcommittee members have expressed seriousconcerns about unauthorized access to sensitive information in computer systems at the Department of Defense and directed that the authors review information security at the Department. Defense has already experienced what it estimates to be hundreds of thousands of computer attacks originating from network connections, some of which have caused considerable damage. As you will learn from the authors' testimony, these so-called hacker intrusions not only cost Defense tens of millions of dollars, but pose a serious threat to our national security.