“In light of the well publicized Veterans Affairs Department data breach last month, another federal agency with its hands on a lot of personal information — the Thrift Savings Plan — is concentrating on information security.

The TSP houses Social Security numbers, names, addresses and more than $180 billion in retirement savings for about 3.6 million current and former federal employees. Mark Hagerty, the plan’s chief information officer, told the TSP Board Tuesday he is comfortable with the security measures in place but is looking to expand them.

Participants will switch to using account numbers, rather than Social Security numbers, to access their TSP accounts online. That change will come in the next few months, Hagerty said.”

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