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US Government Computer stolen with PII data
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:54:53 -0500
From the Knoxville News.. http://tinyurl.com/5pbzq5 Inspector says TVA's computer tracking policy inadequate By Larisa Brass [...] The TVA Inspector General office reports that the agency’s policies for tracking its computers are inadequate, and in “at least” one case, a stolen computer contained employee social security numbers. According to the IG, Since TVA rolled out an inventory system for its computers in August 2004, called the HP Service Desk, TVA has been unable to track over 5,550 computers. “The inability to adequately track, as well as the lack of encryption, on these computers increases the risk for the disclosure of sensitive or restricted information,” the report stated. In addition, it said, the policies for handling and reporting stolen computers were not consistently followed. According to the IG, a computer stolen from TVA contained “personally identifiable information — employee social security numbers. TVA spokesman Jim Allen said that more than 3,000 of the 5,500 missing computers had now been accounted for and TVA’s inventory tracking system has been tightened. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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