Committee flags recurrent lapses in IT, finance in govt agencies

Singapore

THE recurring weaknesses in IT controls detected across government agencies are significant, given how IT security is a serious concern today, said the Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday.

Giving staff unnecessary access rights and not promptly removing user accounts when they are no longer required were among the lapses found.

Many of them had happened despite the Auditor-General already pointing them out in the past, said the committee.

It told public-sector agencies to adhere to IT policies and controls, saying that the lapses had occurred "not because of a lack of processes, but due to agenc…