Federal Agencies Lack Measures to Maintain Social Media Security

The Government Accountability Office submitted the report, which found that nearly all -- 23 of 24 -- major federal agencies are now using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The applications of the social media provide information about agency activities and interact with the public. Disappointingly, only seven agencies have identified and documented security risks. Those seven agencies have also taken procedures to prohibit hackers from exploiting those sites to obtain access to federal information systems. Interestingly, the State Department told investigators they had no immediate plans to measure the agency's social media security due to the fact that internal policies did not expect it.