(Reuters) - A respected security expert will warn Congress on Tuesday that the Obama administrations healthcare website has security flaws that put user data at a critical risk, despite recent government assurances the data is safe. There are actual live vulnerabilities on the site now, David Kennedy, head of computer security consulting firm TrustedSec LLC, told Reuters ahead of his testimony at a Congressional hearing on the topic Is My Data on HealthCare.gov Secure? Kennedy, a former U.S. Marine Corps cyber-intelligence analyst, said his firm has prepared a 17-page report describing some of the problems. It does not go into specifics in some areas, he said, because that could provide criminals with a blueprint for launching attacks. There is a lot of stuff that we are not publicly disclosing because of the criticality of the findings, he said. We dont want to hurt people. Kennedy and other security experts have warned that vulnerabilities on the site pose risks to the security of user data since shortly after its October 1 launch. At the end of last month, a September 27 government memorandum surfaced in which two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials said the security of the site had not been properly tested before its launch, creating a high risk.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:56:41 +0000
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