The AJC is sensitive to potential security concerns but believes the audit’s findings are a matter of public interest, and recently obtained an unredacted version of the report. “Being cautious, taking your time, vetting it to be sure to make that we didn’t inadvertently open the pathway for someone with an evil intent” was a smart path forward, Thurmond said. The lack of an emergency response plan was the only audit finding disputed by the county.Īccording to emails provided to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, auditors requested that approach, citing a section of Georgia open records law that allows officials to shield “vulnerability assessments and security plans, which if made public could compromise security against sabotage, criminal, or terroristic acts.”ĭeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond said he did not make the decision to keep the audit results confidential, but supported it.
DEKALB COUNTY COURT RECORDS SMART SEARCH FULL
The full audit was later posted online after a local resident asked about it, but the document was heavily redacted.Įven high-level findings - that the county needs a manager dedicated to the protection of personal information that it lacks robust policies and procedures to manage the information and that it lacks an emergency response plan in the event the data is stolen - were hidden from public view. A final draft of the 17-page report, which was completed by DeKalb’s Office of the Independent Internal Audit, was finished in January.Ī copy of the title page alone was posted on the county website late last month.
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