Your Data is safe with us, like heck it is

[STEED]

Well well well and welcome the the lattest UK blunder. :damn:


Personal details relating to thousands of criminals have been lost in the latest in a line of Government data blunders.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080821/tuk-home-office-loses-data-on-criminals-dba1618.html

[SUBMAN1]

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S

[STEED]

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S

I have no trust in any government what so ever. :smug:

[Digital_Trucker]

What the hell were they thinking keeping that stuff on memory sticks? I guess next they'll tell you that it's OK, the data was all encrypted and no one will figure out that the password is I_can't_fiind_my_arse_with_hands. Ah, oops

[SUBMAN1]

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S
I have no trust in any government what so ever. :smug:Good. That is what I thought! Carry on! :88)

-S

[Platapus]

When it comes to data there is one cardinal rule.

If you make it easy for the good guys to transport it
you are making it easy for the bad guys to transport it

Sensitive data should not be on laptops, memory sticks, CD/DvD, etc. I don't care how convenient it is for you. I don't care that you want to use the trendy new technology.

I want you to keep the data secure. If that means putting it on a standalone system chained to a desk in a locked room, so be it.

The security of the data must take precedence over the convenience of the data user.

[Sailor Steve]

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S
I have no trust in any government what so ever. :smug:Good. That is what I thought! Carry on! :88)

-S
What are you guys talking about? Of course I trust the government...to screw me every time. It may be intentional or it may be accidental, but Murphy's law is the only one the government can be trusted to obey.

[Koondawg]

Im from the government, and I'm here to help you....:stare:


KD

[Digital_Trucker]

Im from the government, and I'm here to help you....:stare:


KD

help you out of all that nasty money:rotfl:

[Task Force]

Im from the government, and I'm here to help you....:stare:


KD

If your from the Government, Give us less taxes:D (could ya lower gas prices to). Finaly get rid of those spy sattalites, They are constantly watching us.:huh: :rotfl:
Computers + data = Blue screen of death

[Zayphod]

When it comes to data there is one cardinal rule.

If you make it easy for the good guys to transport it
you are making it easy for the bad guys to transport it

Sensitive data should not be on laptops, memory sticks, CD/DvD, etc. I don't care how convenient it is for you. I don't care that you want to use the trendy new technology.

I want you to keep the data secure. If that means putting it on a standalone system chained to a desk in a locked room, so be it.

The security of the data must take precedence over the convenience of the data user.

Data of any kind should always be kept in the office basement, in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

There - glad I fixed that problem for future generations to come. :up:

[Jimbuna]

Everything should work out fine in the end....it looks like they could all be entitled to some form of financial compensation :nope:

[lesrae]

They're criminals - and if they're done over because of it then they'll be done over by criminals.

My sympathies are extremely limited on this one.

[Jimbuna]

How about we pay any compensation they receive out to their victims :p