[Dataloss] a recurring theme...

[Adam Shostack]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 02:49:31AM -0500, security curmudgeon wrote:
| The first thing to point out, is your use of 'the industry' in this 
| context. These incidents are pretty far reaching, hitting a wide variety 
| of companies and organizations. About the only thing they have in common 
| is they a) use computers and b) have customers. This leads me to think 

I'm really glad hobbit asked these questions--since I'm at RSA and
suffering overload, I'll wait until next week to really respond, but
wanted to mention up Safenet, who disclosed loss of a printout of
employee data: http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/001231.html Yes,
Safenet uses computers, and perhaps this is the exception that proves
the rule.

ADam