How High… How Low: Part 2

… OK, so now the story is that there was some confidential information on the stolen PC - and that it was emailed from an internal account to the one on the PC.

How many times have you emailed something either to or from a personal email account - just because it was convenient? Several I suspect. Once again, it didn’t used to be a crime to lose a laptop, but it virtually is now… similarly no-one used to mind (or notice) if email came and went from personal accounts - but that’s all changed. Technology can now be deployed to prevent this type of ‘accident’ from happening - and of course process, procedure and policy should also be changed to prevent it from occurring. Education is once again top of the list. Why is it bad to use ‘public’ email (the data’s in the clear for one thing!), why should you check the recipients (The Wrong Dave…), why does this keep happening… Time to wise up…

June 18, 2008 | Filed Under Education, Information Policy, data-loss 

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