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HMRC loses data cartridge that affects 6,548 pensioners

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2007-12-31 23:30:11 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...held. [Evan] Security through obscurity doesn't work. This is one of the oldest security fallacies in the book. Don't count on the nature of the medium to provide adequate security We are taking this loss extremely seriously and have done everything possible to locate the data cartridge. We would like to apologise to all those affected The...
 
Tags: data, data cartridge, hmrc, lost hmrc cd, prime data, confidential data, hmrc breach, consult hmrc, hmrc encrypts
 
 
 
 
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Stolen UK Ministry of Defence laptop affects up to 600,000

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2008-01-20 14:51:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...held accountable, but I question whether or not this officer is ultimately responsible. Did the actions that led to this breach go against standard procedure? What is the standard procedure? Was the officer properly trained on standard procedure? Unfortunately, I am not optimistic that court-martialling this officer will do much to protect...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, extensive personal data, personal data, personal, information held, data protection practices
 
 
 
 
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RSA Europe 2007 Trip Summary

2007-10-26 01:06:32 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...held the week of October 22nd. The conference was a three-day event, held at the Excel Convention Center, where it will also be held the next two years Some conference highlights follow Bruce Schneier Keynote The second day of the conference opened with a Keynote from Bruce Schneier . If you ever have a chance to hear a presentation by Bruce...
 
Tags: application security pitfalls, application, security, security theater, information security, software security errors, presentation, bruce, bruce schneier keynote
 
 
 
 
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Trip Report: PH-Neutral

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2008-05-28 20:56:40 by Chris Eng in Zero in a bit
...held in a club whereas CanSecWest is in a Marriott The event was held at Die Insel , on a tiny island a few kilometers outside of Berlins city center, near Treptower Park. The venue is mostly used for live music so basically it feels like a dark, somewhat dingy club (certainly the bathrooms are reminiscent of a club). The presentations were...
 
Tags: talk, james atkinsons talk, flash, flash movies, recent flash 0day, befs talk, dingy club, conference, european security conference
 
 
 
 
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Metro Louisville InfoSec 2007 Conference

2007-09-25 20:06:06 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...held at Churchill Downs. Our keynote speaker is Marcus Ranum, a world-renowned expert on security system design and implementation. In addition to the keynote, multiple technical, business/compliance, and demonstration-oriented breakout sessions will be held. Up to 6-CPE credits may be earned by attendance I'll be attending, hope to see some...
 
Tags: keynote speaker, information security conference, security system design, keynote, held, day event, event site, breakout sessions, multiple technical
 
 
 
 
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Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks

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2008-01-11 17:15:40 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...held in a secure central file. It included peoples names, addresses and dates of birth I'm not sure if this means that copies of assessments AND names, addresses and dates of birth OR just names, addresses and dates of birth Breach Description The Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS has issued a press release announcing the loss of two "data...
 
Tags: information, information lost, personal information, financial information, medical information, information security, data, freephone information line, data sticks
 
 
 
 
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Laptop missing from Russells Hall Hospital (UK)

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2008-02-15 14:08:13 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...held in the Outpatient Department at Russells Hall Hospital on 8 January 2008 The laptop held a database that had limited clinical records of 5,123 anticoagulation patients on it The database is password/login protected and a separate Trust login and password is required to operate the laptop. Accessing patient information will therefore be...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, data, data protection, information security, data encryption software, russells hall hospital, hospital
 
 
 
 
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A law suit waiting to happen.

2007-12-06 04:25:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...held liable in a court of law and sued for umpteen millions of dollars when women were raped and assaulted at night in the parking lot after coming out from shopping. The courts held that the management was liable as they did not provide any security guard or any camera that could have caught the crimes on tape I thought that I had provided...
 
Tags: law, risk, risk management, fitness center, risk managment, management, center, apparently upper management, federal law
 
 
 
 
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Boston/Cambridge InfoSecurity Events

2007-12-18 19:12:25 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...held the 3rd Wednesday of every month in Cambridge. It will be held tomorrow night from 6pm-9pm at the Middlesex Lounge , 315 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA. Note that this is a change of venue from the Enormous Room. Source: Boston 2008 Source: Boston is a new security conference taking place in Cambridge on March 12-14th. This lines up pretty...
 
Tags: software security weaknesses, boston, cambridge, held, held tomorrow night, patricks day weekend, basement conference center, talk tonight, talk
 
 
 
 
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Some Comments on the EPTS Member Agreement

2008-04-07 04:31:21 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...held My comment is that the folks currently on the EPTS are good people, there is no doubt about this. However, Ibelieve that the event processing community would be better served if a generally election was held within 3 months of formalizing the EPTS membership There are many reasons for doing this, and I dont think it is necessary to...
 
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