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Atos Origin loose “keys” to UK Government Gateway 12M taxpayers at risk

Started by thehotaisle · 8 months ago

The BBC reported today that an inquiry has been launched after a memory stick with user names and passwords for a key government computer system was found in a pub car park. Subcontractor Atos Origin, which lost the stick, said there had been a “direct breach” of its ... Continue reading »

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  • Everyone agrees that data loss is a serious problem, for the private sector as well as government. All this, despite huge investments in so-called information security.

    Companies and government have information handling policies coming out of their ears but don't seem to have any means of measuring their effectiveness in the sphere of Information Governance.

    I have put together a brief outline of some practical measures that could be adopted, easily, by any organisation.

    My quick guide (Measures for preserving stakeholder confidence) is available as a free download from my website - see this page:

    http://tinyurl.com/5dmzap

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