Encryption solution on the i. R. S. Side. We are working with the department of ed. Mr. Hurd how will it help with authentication if you have a user that has stolen credentials . Ms. Garza the solution that we had looked at was not satisfactory to provide the useability of the application so we have moved to an encryption so unless that mr. Hurd that doesnt answer the question. The question is, how does encryption on the back end help with authentication of an attacker that is using stolen credentials . Ms. Garza it does not improve authentication. What it does do is not allow the data to be revealed to someone other than the actual applicant. Mr. Hurd but if you have stolen credentials and youre not able then youre able to spoof that you have the credentials, what are you doing to prevent that from happening . Ms. Garza so there are a set of keys that on the i. R. S. Thats only shared with the department of education. So as the applicant comes in and releases tells us to release the d
The key word is trying to come up with a solution is not sure we have arrived at that. After the october 2016 discovery that the dit could be vulnerable the irs is monitoring for any suspicious activity, we engaged with our friends. And asked them, and suspicious activity in january. And an incident in february, multilayer Defense Mechanisms, one of the mechanisms is notification to the address record for the individual. That led us to identify the we had an issue, we were able to find that in fact there is fraud that has taken place and immediately shut down the application. It is not discovered by accident. It was a notice generated from the taxpayer. The taxpayer came in and notified us. Taking responsibly for the irs, and the applications face. Please her young peoples lives at stake, to fit their unraveling that. The gentleman yields back. The chair would like to recognize the gentlelady from new jersey for five minutes. Good morning to all of you. In september the Inspector Gener
The key word is trying to come up with a solution is not sure we have arrived at that. After the october 2016 discovery that the dit could be vulnerable the irs is monitoring for any suspicious activity, we engaged with our friends. And asked them, and suspicious activity in january. And an incident in february, multilayer Defense Mechanisms, one of the mechanisms is notification to the address record for the individual. That led us to identify the we had an issue, we were able to find that in fact there is fraud that has taken place and immediately shut down the application. It is not discovered by accident. It was a notice generated from the taxpayer. The taxpayer came in and notified us. Taking responsibly for the irs, and the applications face. Please her young peoples lives at stake, to fit their unraveling that. The gentleman yields back. The chair would like to recognize the gentlelady from new jersey for five minutes. Good morning to all of you. In september the Inspector Gener
Nation in front of his own interests because thats what jackson did for most of his presidency. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. The House Oversight Committee Held a hearing on a data breach in the Online Student loan application known as fafsa. Hackers used a flaw in the system to steal irs filing information on as many as 100,000 taxpayers. Irs and Education Department officials testified at this two and a half hour hearing. Good morning. The committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. The chair notes the presence of our colleague congressman bobby scott from virginia. We appreciate his interest in this topic and welcome your participation today, sir. I ask unanimous consent that he be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing. Without objection, it will be so ordered. I would also like to ask unanimous consent to ent sbeer the record statements from the following organiza
Weve done a lot of reform over the past two years, that includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military healthcare, com satisfactory reform, reright of the military code of justice, as well as significant organization zational reform. While a lot has been done, a lot more needs to be done. The world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for tomorrow. Yes, we all have an obligation to see that taxpayers dollars are spent effectively, especially in the first job of the federal government which to is to defend the country, but we all know from the news and Intelligence Briefings that we face a wide diverse array of threats, and those threats change day by day as adversaries develop systems designed to deny us any military advantage. We must be prepared for each of these threats. We also know that the pace of technolo technological and