Greg Wilshusen, Director of Information Security Issues, GAO

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Greg Wilshusen, Director of Information Security Issues, GAO

The FAA has taken some steps to help protect its air traffic control systems from hackers and cyber criminals. But there's still work to be done. That's according...

Federal News Network Staff

March 9, 2015 9:12 am

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The FAA has taken some steps to help protect its air traffic control systems from hackers and cyber criminals. But there’s still work to be done. That’s according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Some of the weaknesses were new, like identifying and authenticating users. Other date back years. Greg Wilshusen, the director of Information Security Issues at GAO, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on what the report found.