Loss of 388 council laptops described as 'not a big security breach'

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http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/windsor/articles/2013/11/25/95303-loss-of-388-council-laptops-described-as-not-a-big-security-breach/

windsorobserver.co.uk
25 Nov 2013

THE loss of hundreds of council laptops potentially containing council 
taxpayers’ confidential information has been dismissed as 'not a big 
security breach’.

The Observer exclusively reported last week, an Interim Progress report 
from the Royal Borough’s internal Audit and Investigation Unit revealed 
388 council-owned laptops were unaccounted for in a survey of council IT 
assets.

The missing laptops range from devices owned and used in 
council-maintained schools to assets kept in council buildings.

The report, which outlines risks arising from procedures and policies and 
any countermeasures being taken, was scrutinised at an audit and 
performance review panel meeting at the Town Hall, in St Ives Road, 
Maidenhead, on Thursday last week.

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