Councils still failing to safeguard data

摘要

The news that an unencrypted USB stick, which held details of more than 26,000 people, was left in a pub by a contractor working for two London housing bodies is proof that authorities are still failing to implement adequate measures when it comes to information management. It was not long ago that the NHS North Central London Health Authority lost a laptop containing sensitive details of millions of people, and this latest development suggests that lessons are still not being learned. Both cases act as a reminder that information is at greatest risk when in transit, and shows why mobile device encryption should be mandatory in every organisation.