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Audit  Audit of the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office

Our office performed an audit of the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office (HCDA) for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021.

Organization: Office of the State Auditor
Date published: November 28, 2023

Executive Summary

In accordance with Section 12 of Chapter 11 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Office of the State Auditor has performed an audit of the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office (HCDA) for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021.

In this performance audit, we examined the following:

  • whether HCDA made forfeiture trust fund expenditures in accordance with Section 47(d) of Chapter 94C of the General Laws;
  • whether HCDA ensured that forfeited assets from closed cases were collected and deposited in accordance with Section 47(d) of Chapter 94C of the General Laws; and
  • whether HCDA ensured that its employees completed cybersecurity awareness training in accordance with Sections 6.2.3 and 6.2.4 of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security’s Information Security Risk Management Standard IS.010.

Below is a summary of our finding and recommendations, with links to each page listed.

Finding 1
 

HCDA did not provide cybersecurity awareness training to its employees.

Recommendations
 
  1. HCDA should create a policy and procedure to train new and existing employees on cybersecurity awareness.
  2. HCDA should provide cybersecurity awareness training to its employees within 30 days of orientation and annually thereafter.

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