[Dataloss] Office of Management and Budget: 'People are losing data'

George Toft george at myitaz.com
Thu Nov 2 23:13:18 EST 2006


I would like to point out the obvious - there are FAR more incidents 
occurring than are being reported (and it is not just in the Government).

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
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Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.


lyger wrote:
> http://www.fcw.com/article96686-11-02-06-Web
> 
> Between July and Sept. 30, agencies reported 338 separate security 
> incidents involving personally identifiable information to the Office of 
> Management and Budget, Karen Evans, OMB.s administrator for e-government 
> and information technology, said today.
> 
> Many of the incidents, however, are not attacks on government information 
> from outsiders, Evans said in a speech at the IT Association of America.s 
> annual Chief Information Security Officer Workshop in Falls Church, Va.
> 
> "Primarily, people are losing data," she said.
> 
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