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<h3><a href="/reports/board-information-security-program-oct2024.htm">2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program</a></h3> <div class="featureBody"> <p>Each year, we audit the Board's information security program as required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act.</p> <p>The Board's information security program remains effective as a whole. The agency has strengthened some areas, such as personnel security processes. However, several areas have decreased in maturity</p><p class="read-full-text">... <a href="/reports/board-information-security-program-oct2024.htm">Read full text</a></p> </div> <span class="image-attribution"></span> </div>  <div class="container purpose-statement"> <p><a href="/introduction.htm" title="Learn more about the OIG">The OIG provides independent oversight of the Board and the CFPB to improve their programs and operations and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse.</a></p> </div>  <div class="container-latest-activity clearfix"> <h2 class="latest-activity">Latest OIG activity by agency</h2> <div class="col board"> <h3 class=" label"><a href="/board-activity.htm">Board</a></h3> <div id="sidebar" class="board"> <div class="tabs-1"> <ul class="items"> <li class="clearfix"> <h4 class="teaser"><span style="text-transform:uppercase;">News Release</span>: November 22, 2024</h4> <p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/co-founders-paycheck-protection-program-lender-service-provider-charged-covid-19-relief" target="_blank">Co-Founders of Paycheck Protection Program Lender Service Provider Charged for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme</a> </p> </li> <li class="clearfix"> <h4 class="teaser"><span style="text-transform:uppercase;">News Release</span>: November 19, 2024</h4> <p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-senior-manager-federal-reserve-bank-richmond-pleads-guilty-insider-trading-and-making" target="_blank">Former Senior Manager of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading and Making False Statements</a> </p> </li> <li class="clearfix"> <h4 class="teaser"><span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Report</span>: October 31, 2024</h4> <p><a href="/reports/board-information-security-program-oct2024.htm">2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <span class="view-more"><a 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