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Swedish Army Loses Classified Information on Memory Stick

2008-01-09 13:46:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...belongs to him. The employee contacted his superior on Friday and divulged that he had forgotten the memory stick in a public computer. A preliminary technical investigation confirms that the stick belongs to the employee The stick contained both unclassified and classified information such as information regarding IED and mine threats in...
 
Tags: stick, memory stick, public computer center, computer, public computer, information, armed forces, swedish army, stick belongs
 
 
 
 
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More on the necessity of antivirus software

2007-09-25 17:53:47 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...belongs on machines where users can store or transfer files client computers email servers file servers SharePoint servers The purpose of my earlier post was to spark a little discussion, to see what other opinions there might be. Some folks are doing the same thing I am, others always run anti-malware on every computer. Neither stance can be...
 
Tags: antivirus software, computers, client computers, similar self-control, control, involve tradeoffs, previous post, personal computers, post
 
 
 
 
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Password policies. Once again.

2007-09-04 22:14:00 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...belongs in the HR process. A number of customers I've spoken with have automated the account creation/disablement/deletion process, incorporating it into HR systems. When a new user is hired, the account is created; when the user departs, the account is disabled; some time later, it's deleted. The HR systems take care of this, not domain or...
 
Tags: account, enable account lockout, password, account lockouts, disable account lockout, 42-day default expiration, default, expiration, password expires
 
 
 
 
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Another Wisconsin mailing exposes Social Security numbers

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2008-01-15 13:32:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...belongs to the taxpayer Taxpayers who receive a letter with a Equifax PIN should follow the instructions to apply for free credit monitoring. There are other steps that can be taken to protect personal information. Ask credit bureaus to place a fraud alert in your credit files for free. Fraud alerts notify potential credit grantors to verify...
 
Tags: security, taxpayers, taxpayers social security, social security, wisconsin, credit bureau, credit, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing

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2008-01-21 09:44:46 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...belongs to the patients, not Stockport PCT The USB drive (memory stick) included a file which contained the following details NHS number, Specific Stockport PCT identification number, First and second name, Date of Birth, Sex, Condition (if condition was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, heart failure, coronary heart disease,...
 
Tags: senstive personal information, personal information, information, medical information, information security matters, information security, information security management, information line, management
 
 
 
 
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Lost Memorial Hospital laptop affects employees and retirees

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2008-02-08 14:14:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...belongs to the affected individuals. The employees had a right to know much sooner It affects about 4,300 full and part-time employees and retirees Memorial is offering to monitor their credit report for one year for free Evan] Regular Breach Blog readers have heard this before, but monitoring is an "after the fact" solution by definition....
 
Tags: memorial, hospital, memorial health system, memorial hospital lost, memorial hospital, sensitive personal information, personal information, hospital staff, employees
 
 
 
 
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Web Site: Security and Trust

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2007-01-18 07:10:00 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
...belongs to and that you choose to trust 4. Inspect the Issued by: field; ensure that it has the name of the Certificate Authority that you choose to trust. Certificate Authority is a trusted third party that issued the certificate to this organization 5. Inspect the Valid from: to field; ensure that the certificate is not expired If you...
 
Tags: web site, https, https web site, trust, offer trust, web site belongs, https url, https offers security, ensure
 
 
 
 
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Stolen Salt Lake Community College laptop

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2008-02-28 15:12:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...belongs to. A personal password is confidential information that should not be disclosed to anyone. It proves to the system that you are who you proclaim yourself to be (called authentication). No assurance of password confidentiality = no proof that a person (or entity) is who they proclaim to be We know which computer it was and we are...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security practices, store confidential information, confidential information, financial aid information, evan, evan social security, sensitive authentication information
 
 
 
 
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NGO Security Scenario #23 - Accidents Happen

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2008-03-17 04:17:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
...belongs to the Country Director who is in a meeting with her staff. What would you do next? Share your thoughts by clicking on COMMENTS below
 
Tags: security assessment report, road construction equipment, country director, car horns, car belongs, play button, country office, piece, window
 
 
 
 
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Personal member information on The Dental Network website

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2008-03-20 12:05:14 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...belongs to the person, not the organization. This being said, I hope affected persons are getting all of the answers they should demand Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: information, breach description, breach, breach notification completely, dental network, data breach, personal information, website, security breach