The Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF) detected irregularities for more than 143 million pesos in the financial management of 2020 of the General Directorate of Information Technologies and Communications of the INM, this after identifying excessive payments to suppliers, direct tenders and rental of inadequate equipment and services.
As part of the audit of compliance with the Information and Communication Technologies management of the National Migration Institute (INM), the ASF reviewed the contracts and agreements related to the provision of computer equipment leasing services; of information security and network monitoring and the issuance of identification cards of immigration status, for an amount of 233,007 million pesos.
This analysis shows that, among other things, this body lacks the implementation of robust mechanisms for the cyber defense of the INM, due to the fact that deficiencies were identified in the strategies, policies, procedures and controls established for the hardware and software infrastructure of the Institute related to this matter.
Since out of a total of 20 validated controls in relation to the management of cybersecurity for the hardware and software infrastructure of the INM, it was identified that 18 present deficiencies, of which 15 are totally non-compliant and three are partially non-compliant. “Said deficiencies could affect the integrity, availability and confidentiality of the information, putting the operation of the institute at risk,” the ASF ruling indicated.
It was explained that derived from a contract entered into with Comercializadora Antsua, SA de CV, the purpose of which was to provide the lease of desktop computer equipment, an extra payment of 42.7 million pesos was found without justification.
In addition, 2,682 computers provided by the vendor do not meet the minimum processing speed and hard disk characteristics established in the technical annex. In addition to a sample of 1,331 teams, the existence of 260 (19.5% of the sample) was not credited.
It was also noted that 21 companies belonging to this marketer have no relationship with the provision of the services provided to the INM; In addition, the ASF described irregularities that give signs that they could be shell companies.
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