Security Renaissance

Ugh….  Less than a year after the reported loss of a laptop containing the data of 26.5 veterans, the VA looses another laptop.  Oh yeah – and in the intervening months they developed processes and procedures to ensure that such data is encrypted; yet this report mentions that there were upwards of 20,000 unencrypted records.

Here are a couple links.  No further commentary needed.

Portable Hard Drive Missing From Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Loses Another Hard Drive, Vet Data At Risk

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