[privacy] U.S. OMB: 'People are Losing Data'

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

And in other news, scientists say the sky is blue. :-)

Via FCW.com.

[snip]

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.

[snip]

More:
http://www.fcw.com/article96686-11-02-06-Web

- ferg


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