(update) Report prepared in Strickland transition warned of data risk

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http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070622/UPDATES01/70622002/1002/

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Months before a computer device containing the 
Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 
500,000 Ohioans was stolen from an intern's car, the state was warned it 
was vulnerable to data theft, The Columbus Dispatch reported Friday.

Before he took office in January, Gov. Ted Strickland asked teams of 
experts to evaluate key areas of state government and submit findings and 
recommendations.

The team studying the Office of Information Technology concluded the state 
had .little to no policy guidance or standards. for protecting Social 
Security numbers and other sensitive information, according to a report 
prepared as part of Strickland.s transition team.

"Ohio's lack of a robust, unified privacy/security capacity lays it open 
to the type of data spills and breaches that have been plaguing the 
government and the corporate sectors in increasing numbers over the past 
few years," the report said.

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