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Australian medical information found in abandoned amusement park

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2008-06-28 13:10:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...disposal procedures following the discovery at Lansvale in Sydney's south west Evan] I presume that the waste disposal procedures have probably changed over the past ten years. The Health Department should be reviewing procedures on a regular basis anyway The health service's chief executive, Professor Steven Boyages, says it is a serious...
 
Tags: confidential medical records, medical records, clinical waste, waste, waste disposal procedures, disposal, records, procedures, amusement park
 
 
 
 
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Select Medical Corporation charged by the Texas Attorney General

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2008-01-11 16:20:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...disposal of these sensitive records Evan] Good work Levelland P.D The Act gives the Office of the Attorney General authority to seek penalties of up to $50,000 per violation The Attorney General also charged Select Physical Therapy Texas Limited Partnership and Select Medical Corporation with violating Chapter 35 of the Business and...
 
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center warns employees

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2008-01-16 09:51:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...disposal processes are in place for rendering Personally Identifiable Information (PII) unrecognizable or beyond reconstruction. Documents containing PII are shredded when no longer needed Evan] I imagine that the Department of the Navy's data disposal policy is well-written. Following policy approval comes training, awareness and...
 
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Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital microfiche film goes missing

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2008-01-22 12:22:25 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...disposal and even more pleased to read that they were training their staff Past Breaches NHS January, 2008 - Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing January, 2008 - Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks January, 2008 - Medical information found in the road December, 2007 - Laptop stolen from Royal Bolton Hospital...
 
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Data as Pollution

2008-01-30 12:35:00 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Cory Doctorow has a new metaphor : We should treat personal electronic data with the same care and respect as weapons-grade plutonium -- it is dangerous, long-lasting and once it has leaked there's no getting it back I said something similar two years ago: In some ways, this tidal wave of data is the pollution problem of the information age. All...
 
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Adware and Spyware Such a Pain

2007-08-01 19:17:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...disposal, it is better that you prevent the installation of these spyware in the first place. Some of the techniques that you could use are to disable the automatic installations of programs in your internet browsers and to install pop-up blockers Spyware and adware attaches themselves more frequently on those rather annoying advertising...
 
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The wrong kind of empowerment reduces security and puts the organization at risk

2008-01-28 01:35:20 by Scott in Scott Wright's Security Views
 
Two really good examples of why you should not ingnore insider threats popped up this week in Florida (click HERE) and in France (click HERE). When an employee feels threatened by the organization or their management, you have to expect that they will at least consider using whatever leverage they have at their disposal. So, its
 
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Product Vendor's sloppiness vs. Hacker's intelligence

2007-01-08 07:01:06 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...disposal, a vendor can do a lot more to prevent vulnerabilities in the shipped products than what is being currently done If a hacker finds a vulnerability in a product. I am more inclined to point finger at the vendor's sloppiness than heaping encomiums about the hacker's intelligence How about making it mandatory for a vendor to disclose...
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...disposal of the United States government, do you really think that officials won't be able to conduct a thorough investigation? Whether they will or not, or whether any details become public is another story Two companies that provide workers for the State Department say they fired or otherwise punished those who improperly accessed the...
 
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RSA Day 2: Wednesday with JJ & the Engima

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2008-04-14 01:35:30 by JJ in Security Uncorked
...disposal not one- but TWO Enigma machines on the expo floor here are RSA. And BOTH were for our playing! They had it set so we could set the key and encode a message at the NSA booth, then take the encrypted message to the Cryptographic Research booth and use that Enigma t