...in the case of Britain's worst security breach ever -- the loss of 2 CDs containing details of nearly every child in the UK and the bank details of every family.
Somehow it seems astoundingly asinine that a junior-level official would be first permitted charge of this information and then scapegoated when something went wrong. Well, not much of a new thing there, but the really sad part is that a report had warned the govt of improper protocols and the implications of not following proper rules just a few months ago.
You can read about the shamefulness of it here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/25/ncustoms425.xml
Why am I not surprised that most of the core recommendations are completely based on common sense, and that they are not that difficult to follow? I myself have repeated myself a few times on this blog concerning the same security steps to be taken to protect sensitive information.
How does one combat such breaches? How does one prevent occurrences of such mishaps? Unless those that are involved learn a very harsh lesson it's going to be difficult to expect much by the way of data protection. The other thing is for the masses to wake up to what is essentially the pillaging of the bits and bytes that constitute their lives, and do something about it. Quickly. Very quickly.
You can refer to my previous posts for my thoughts on this disturbingly frequent issue.
Be safe!
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