Tax payers security endangered by Silvia Szarkova

Unbelievable 2 billion dollars will cost two new IRS computer systems, of course, paid by those of us who pay taxes (of course, all of us pay taxes, just to keep you alive!). Tax payers will so buy the new computer system, but this will be put to the service despite known troubles with it- on Thursday, report by the Treasury watchdog revealed some complication with it- security and privacy unprotection against outside eventually attacks can cause some sever problems.

The inconvenience might be caused by failing Internal Revenue Service officials who did not ensure the identified weaknesses, although they had been addresses before putting the new system into use, said the office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Inspector General J. Russell George said it is trouble full situation and the fact that IRS was aware of it and self-identified these weaknesses is even sadder.

But according to the statement, the security of tax payers’ data is primary importance above all and from now it is taking several security steps to encourage their declaration of safeguards. They have implemented many of addressed recommendation to improve security. The report stressed that no tax payer data has been harmed.

The report focused on the Customer Account Data Engine and on the Account Management Service system. The first one should provide managing all tax payers´ accounts and is expected to cost more than 1 billion dollars. The second one should provide faster and improved access by employees to the account data, and is priced more than 700 million dollars. Both systems are gradually being put into use and will be developed and further maintained also in the future.


related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_hi_te/irs_computer_security;_ylt=AjC3rS70MocY0pEnWz8TA7es0NUE

by Silvia Szarkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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