Subj : The FBI is apparently not great at keeping its own memory systems
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Date : Mon Aug 26 2024 14:15:04

The FBI is apparently not great at keeping its own memory systems secure

Date:
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:14:00 +0000

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The FBI has been criticized for the way it handles storage and destruction of 
data hardware.

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The FBI has significant weaknesses in how it handles storage devices for 
digital media, as well as how it disposes of the media containing sensitive 
or classified information, a new report has claimed. 

Findings from the Department of Justices Office of the Inspector General 
(OIG) say the FBI does not have adequate policies and procedures, or 
controls, to account for electronic storage media extracted from larger 
devices and thumb drives. 

Furthermore, it does not label its electronic storage media with the 
appropriate NSI classification, or SBU levels. New FBI directive 

The law enforcement agency did not dispute the findings, and has instead 
promised to do better. 

Our audit found that the FBI is not properly securing classified NSI or SBU 
information and is neither marking all electronic storage media as required, 
nor accounting for this media consistent with FBI internal policies and 
Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance, the report states. The lack of 
accountability of this electronic storage media is compounded by inadequate 
internal physical access and security controls at the Facility, potentially 
placing these media at risk of loss or theft without the possibility of 
detection. 

Ultimately, the FBI needs to improve the internal physical access and 
security controls in relevant areas at the facility, the document claims. 

In the audit, the OIG suggested the FBI revises its procedures to make sure 
all electronic storage media containing sensitive or classified information 
are appropriately accounted for, tracked, timely sanitized, and destroyed, to 
implement controls to make sure electronic storage media are properly marked 
with the right NSI classification level markings, and to overall strengthen 
its control and practice. 

The FBI acknowledged the findings, BleepingComputer added, and said it was 
currently building a new directive, called Physical Control and Destruction 
of Classified and Sensitive Electronic Devices and Material Policy Directive, 
which should address these issues. 

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