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RE: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:18:22 -0500
I agree exactly, Think about it, would your company actually store or keep your customer records and information on a laptop??? Really, a friggin laptop containing your entire customer information database.... Never. No company larger than 1 person would do that....it's just crazy.... For that reason alone, those stories have got to be stretches of the truth... Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 email: Blanchard_Michael () EMC COM -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Mary Landesman Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:01 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Well, certainly if such sensitive data in such large quantities is being housed on laptops, that is a HUGE problem. But I still think there are a disproportionate number of reports of stolen and lost laptops containing such data. So much so, that I am beginning to doubt that's the real story. -- Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gadi Evron" <ge () linuxbox org> To: "Mary Landesman" <mlande () bellsouth net> Cc: <funsec () linuxbox org> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [funsec] Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Mary Landesman wrote:
Do you ever wonder about these 'stolen laptops' that allegedly contained tens or hundreds of thousands of sensitive records, myseriously stolen
from
an automobile. Or fell off the back of a truck? Or disappeared in transit? There sure seems to be an awful lot of them... I wonder if 'stolen laptop' isn't the codename for 'internal security breach'.
Laptops *are* the breach. :) _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Fergie (Jan 25)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Mary Landesman (Jan 26)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Gadi Evron (Jan 26)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Mary Landesman (Jan 26)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Richard Cox (Jan 26)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Gadi Evron (Jan 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Blanchard_Michael (Jan 26)
- RE: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Blanchard_Michael (Jan 27)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230, 000 Customers and Advisers Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 27)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230, 000 Customers and Advisers der Mouse (Jan 29)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230, 000 Customers and Advisers Drsolly (Jan 30)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230, 000 Customers and Advisers der Mouse (Jan 30)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230, 000 Customers and Advisers Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 27)
- Re: Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers Mary Landesman (Jan 26)