The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico issued a qualified opinion of the operations of the computerized information systems of the Department of Recreation and Sports. A qualified opinion is issued when the individual or aggregate noncompliances are significant, but not pervasive.
The audit reveals that after more than two years of having acquired computerized equipment, it had not been distributed for use. As of May 24, 2019, 21 computers, 24 batteries and 24 monitors, purchased between 2016 and 2017, were kept stored in the Information Systems Office. This situation prevents obtaining a reasonable return on the $21,605 paid for this equipment. In addition, the Property Register had not been updated with respect to the location of part of the equipment.
The three-finding audit notes that the Contingency Plan lacked the contact data of the members of the restoration groups, equipment inventory, detail of the configuration of critical equipment and the procedures to restore the backups. This situation, contrary to the guidelines established by the Federal Information Systems Controls Audit Manual, may encourage improvisation in case of emergency and would represent a high risk of incurring excessive and unnecessary expenses.
The Comptroller's auditors found that since 2014, an additional copy has not been kept, in a safe place outside the Department's premises, of the images generated by the Urbackup application of the Department's 12 virtual servers. An image is a copy of the operating system, applications and data of the server at a given moment. This situation would affect the continuity of operations in case of disaster. This report covers the period from March 25 to September 4, 2019.
See Audit Report TI-21-09.
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