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Army contractor cited for lax computer security
Pentagon investigators have found that Apptis Inc. fell down on the job, providing inadequate computer security for a military health services operation.
A computer system used by one of its subcontractors, in fact, was hacked from an address in China. The transgressions resulted in Apptis repaying $1.3 million of a $5.4 million Pentagon contract, according to Bloomberg.
Apptis agreed to the repayment after investigators concluded the company and a subcontractor failed to provide "proper network security and information assurance services," according to the report by the Pentagon's inspector general. The contract involved software maintenance, updates and testing for a Military Health System program.
For more on this cyber lapse:
- see this Bloomberg article
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