FAA Systems; Serious Challenges Remain in Resolving Year 2000 and Computer Security Problems

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FAA Systems; Serious Challenges Remain in Resolving Year 2000 and Computer Security Problems

Contributor

• GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIV

Subject

• Air traffic control systems
• Aviation safety
• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Systems Management and Standards
• Computer programs
• Congress
• Crisis management
• Data processing security
• Information processing
• Leadership
• Software engineering
• Technology forecasting

Language

eng

Summary

FAA faces significant challenges-both in addressing the Year 2000 problem and correcting its computer security weaknesses. Failure to address either of these issues effectively could prove devastating. Careful attention to security issues is even more important during the next 17 months as FAA makes a tremendous number of Year 2000-related changes to its mission-critical systems. If insufficient attention is paid to computer security during this time, existing vulnerabilities will be compounded. In these areas, as in the information technology areas we have reported on over the past few years, strong leadership and rigorous process discipline are needed if FAA is to successfully and safely navigate into the next century

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DTICE

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction