Several Pentagon commands failed to keep good track of classified mobile devices, audit finds
IG criticizes SOCOM, EUCOM, DISA.
David DiMolfetta | December 16, 2024
A number of U.S. military commands failed to keep a complete and accurate inventory of mobile devices used to store and transmit classified information, according to a heavily redacted Defense Department oversight report.
The findings from the DOD Office of Inspector General also say that the defense entities did not list all technical requirements in their devices’ user training programs or user agreements, nor did they annually review or approve mobile phone incident response plans.
Several other findings from the audit are redacted due to their classified nature, but indicate the DOD has identified several problems with how the U.S. military and intelligence nexus handles the security of its servicemembers’ mobile phones.
The DOD audit scanned dozens of devices active between January 2020 and December 2021. It included phones used in the Defense Information Systems Agency and three DOD combatant commands. Investigators visited bases in Germany and Florida, as well as DISA’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.
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