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| | [INFOCON] Security In The News - December 18, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3289931 Title: N.S. calls for better security Source: The Globe and Mail Date Written: December 17, 2003 Date Collected: December 18, 2003 In his annual report, published on December 17, 2003, Nova Scotia's Auditor General Roy Salmon warned that better security measures must be implemented to protect the province's bookkeeping software against misuse and fraud. |
 | | The report found that about 1,000 people have access to the system, 269 people have access to sensitive codes that could be used to alter the software, and "a few" former employees still have valid passwords. |
 | | Agencies have until December 15, 2004 to assess the e-authentication assurance levels of their major systems. |
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