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In a “domestic burglary”, the personal information on 9000 students was stolen from a city counselman’s home.
What was done right?
The hard drive on the stolen laptop was encrypted.
What was done wrong?
“data stored on the CD ROMs and memory sticks included Surname, Forename, Gender, Date of Birth, Address, Postcode, Phone number, UPN (a unique identification [...]
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Continue ReadingOver 3.3 Million people with student loans had their personal data stolen recently, to include Names, Addresses and Social Security numbers.
This isn’t the first time people’s data has been stolen from student loan companies.
As noted in the WSJ article, this isn’t the first time this has happened:
The student-loan market has battled data losses before. In [...]
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Continue ReadingPart of a self assessment and policy is understanding what makes sense.
This NPR article notes some instances of poor risk management.
Any business in the medical industry needs to fully understand the risk in loading a laptop (or other mobile device) with PHI.
Quite frankly, I can’t come up with a single reason a medical practice would [...]
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