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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Commerce OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Commerce OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Commerce
Components
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Report Number
OIG-19-014-A
Report Description

Our audit objective was to determine whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has adequately managed its Active Directory to protect mission critical systems and data. Our review focused on fundamental security practices of Active Directory management and security control implementations of the servers hosting Active Directory .

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
8

Open Recommendations

This report has 1 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
4 No $0 $0

We recommend that the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office direct the Chief Information Officer to ensure PIV card technology compatibility with on-going and future system development for USPTO next-generation applications, and switch PIV enforcement to a per-user basis, when technically feasible.

Department of Commerce OIG

United States