VA Medical Facility Security: Actions Needed to Address Longstanding Risks
What GAO Found The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responsible for securing its facilities. GAO has identified security challenges at VA medical facilities and made recommendations to help manage related risks. In January 2018, for example, GAO found limitations with VA’s risk assessment methodology and recommended VA review and revise its risk management policies to reflect interagency standards and develop an oversight strategy to assess its facilities’ risk management programs. VA has not fully implemented these recommendations. In April 2026, GAO reported that its 2025 covert testing found security vulnerabilities at selected VA facilities related to security vulnerabilities that.
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What GAO Found The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responsible for securing its facilities.
GAO has identified security challenges at VA medical facilities and made recommendations to help manage related risks.
In January 2018, for example, GAO found limitations with VA’s risk assessment methodology and recommended VA review and revise its risk management policies to reflect interagency standards and develop an oversight strategy to assess its facilities’ risk management programs.
VA has not fully implemented these recommendations.
In April 2026, GAO reported that its 2025 covert testing found security vulnerabilities at selected VA facilities related to security vulnerabilities that…
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