Anthem refuses full IT security audit following massive breach

Anthem Inc. has refused to allow a federal watchdog to conduct an audit of its IT systems, following ahuge data breach last month that could have affected up to 80 million of its customers.

As Government Information Security reports, the health insurer has refused to agree to vulnerability scans and configuration compliance tests offered to health insurers by The Office of Personnel Management’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). Anthem also refused security audits by the same agency to be conducted in 2013.

Anthem refuses full IT security audit following massive breach