In a message dated 6/9/2005 6:47:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The failure to adequately secure such records, particularly when copies thereof are being relocated to another site, is IRRESPONSIBLE. Yes, our system is imperfect. Juries decide on the meaning of "adequate" and "responsible" all the time. There is no limit to what we might envision that could happen against which we must provide protection, detection, insurance, reimbursement, etc. 9/11 has turned many Americans into security perfectionists. Technology and criminality are both evolving. Show me the requirement and I'll show you a way around it. Call this the Epsilon-Delta process of crime. Businesses typically only do the minimum that is legally required. "Adequate", legally required protection in 1912 required no more life boats than would hold about 1/2 of the Titanic's passengers. Police began using radar to detect speeders, then speeders began using radar detectors to know when and where to slow down, then radar detectors were declared illegal, etc. Disaster, law suits, legislation is an unending feedback loop. Bill Fairchild ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
