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January's toolsmith - Gpg4win

2008-01-03 19:47:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
January's toolsmith column in the ISSA Journal features Gpg4win , a suite that integrates GPG into your Windows envronment. Next month will be discussing more powerful NSM opportunities with HeX , a FreeBSD-based Live CD loaded with network security monitoring tools. toolsmith offers insights on tools useful to the infosec practitioner,...
 
Tags: toolsmith offers insights, issa journal, issa, powerful nsm opportunities, network security, toolsmith column, toolsmith page, live cd, january
 
 
 
 
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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
...January 8. The laptop contained sensitive medical records and personal information belonging to people who suffer from blood-thinning problems Reference URL The Dudley Group of Hospitals statement to the press The story on The Independent online Report Credit The Dudley Group of Hospitals Response From the online sources cited above A laptop...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, data, data protection, information security, data encryption software, russells hall hospital, hospital
 
 
 
 
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Sandown Health Centre backup tape is missing

2008-05-27 13:14:16 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...January, 2008 - Stolen Bolton Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients January, 2008 - Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital microfiche film goes missing January, 2008 - Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing January, 2008 - Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks January, 2008 - Highly sensitive medical information found in...
 
Tags: tape, health centre, sandown health centre, data verification, data verification company, back-up tape, computer tape, information, personal information
 
 
 
 
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Castlecroft Medical Practice patient information at risk

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2008-06-19 11:54:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...January, 2008 - Stolen Bolton Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients January, 2008 - Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital microfiche film goes missing January, 2008 - Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing January, 2008 - Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks January, 2008 - Highly sensitive medical information found in...
 
Tags: information, confidential information, confidential information disclosure, confidential information maintain, practice, castlecroft medical practice, computer, laptop computer, adolescent information
 
 
 
 
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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
...January 9, 2008, that during a mailing, a printing misfold led to some social security numbers on Form 1099-G being partially visible through the window envelope Evan] Oh boy! Not again The State of Wisconsin apologizes for this error and is taking steps to assist any taxpayer that may be affected You may be affected if all the following...
 
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
...January and 9am and 5pm between 21st and 25th of January. After this date please call 0161 426 5014 (this will be an answerphone and somebody will call you back Commentary Does the UK have an equivalent to the U.S. HIPAA? I am not well-versed in UK data security laws, so I don't know Using flash drives without additional controls to carry...
 
Tags: senstive personal information, personal information, information, medical information, information security matters, information security, information security management, information line, management
 
 
 
 
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Stolen Bolton Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients

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2008-02-04 10:47:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...January, 2008 - Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital microfiche film goes missing 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 NHS September, 2007...
 
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Stolen NHS flash drive contained adolescent information

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2008-03-06 11:23:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...January, 2008 - Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital microfiche film goes missing 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 NHS September, 2007...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, information security, confidential information, information security strategy, nhs, information disclosure, information security program
 
 
 
 
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YWCA Retirement Fund participants exposed in stolen computer

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2007-12-11 12:23:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...January 1st, 2002 and September 28th, 2007 Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Name and Social Security number Breach Description On Monday, October 1st, 2007 YWCA Retirement Fund employees noticed that a computer had been stolen from the Fund's office in New York. The computer contained sensitive personal information including names and...
 
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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
...January, and as a result, a large quantity of personal data has been lost The Royal Navy careers officer who lost the data is believed to have worked at a recruiting office in Birmingham. He is expected to be court-martialled Evan] I believe that the person responsible should be held accountable, but I question whether or not this officer is...
 
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