Why the British NHS became a victim of WannaCry

The NAO's investigation points at the problem of insufficient powers of the cybersecurity coordinator across the health organisation. As a result no remedial actions were taken, and the cyber attack succeeded thanks to neglected precautions.

WannaCry Cyber Attack and the NHS

2017

Inefficient use of data

The US GAO examined various issues related to runway safety and to update its prior work on airport terminal areas. Their findings point at inefficient use of data, which may lead to more risk and to inefficient targeting their limited resources.

Opportunities Exist for FAA to Improve Airport Terminal Area Safety Efforts

2019

Non-Acquisition staff can be crucial for acquisition

Despite from hundreds of billions of dollars spent annually to acquire products and services, the US Department of Defense does not full information about staff to be trained. The information is needed about the non-acquisition staff, who can play crucial role in particular acquisitions. As GAO underlines, their identification is necessary to fully understand the training needs and... budget.

Steps Needed to Identify Acquisition Training Needs for Non-Acquisition Personnel

2019

Need of more coordination and transparency

The audit of the UK's Official Development Assistance revealed among others: fragmented responsibilities and difficulties in review and reporting. These led to difficulties in assessment of effectiveness of the assistance and of progress in implementing the UK Aid Strategy.

The effectiveness of Official Development Assistance expenditure

2019

Efficient Management of ICT Infrastructure

Centralised management of ICT services and infrastructure would allow the institutions to optimise in long run their resources – financial, human, material and technical. However, we observed during the audit that the move towards ICT centralisation and single data centres has ceased. The different ministries and even the institutions subordinated to the same ministry do not cooperate sufficiently with each other regarding the ICT management, maintenance, and infrastructure placement. They rather choose to maintain their own, sometimes even several, data centres.

Has Public Administration Used All Opportunities for Efficient Management of ICT Infrastructure?

2019