Alberta’s Privacy Boss: Computer Security Lapse ‘Just Nuts’
Author: Dave Lewis
Such is the angst of security folks.
From the Edmonton Journal:
Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says he can’t describe his mounting frustration with organizations that fail to protect personal information stored on laptops and other portable devices.
“It’s just nuts that we’re not looking after this stuff better,” Frank Work said Tuesday after releasing an investigation report into the theft this May of four laptop computers from a Capital Health office in downtown Edmonton.
“We’re into the information age and we can do all these electronic marvels, and yet the most basic issue we just can’t seem to get our heads around.”
The laptops stolen from Capital Health contained health information. More than 20,000 individuals had to be notified, and in some cases it took nearly three months to track them down.
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Tags: Albert Privacy Boss, Laptop Encryption, Data Security
