Two new IRS systems have major security weaknesses

Taxpayer data could be at risk, according to inspector general

Two key systems that the Internal Revenue Service is deploying contain serious security vulnerabilities that pose a direct risk to taxpayer data, according to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

The 29-page report .is dated Sept. 24 but was just publicly released on Thursday. It identifies weaknesses in several areas including access control, monitoring of system access and disaster recovery in a new Customer Account Data Engine (CADE) system that the IRS is rolling out, plus a related Account Management Services (AMS) system. ... Go to source