Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread joseph harris
From: "Matthew Macdonald-Wallace" Truth is though that any secure data should be sent electronically, preferably via a secure VPN (Virtual Private Network) or at the very least via email signed by PGP/GPG and encrypted with 256bit encryption. This is not rocket science - purely good systems ad

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread joseph harris
From: "Ann Dietz" Thanks for the link to the timeline. Looks like a bit of a mess. We've had several similar incidents on this side of the pond. Data security is tough when the storage media are so portable and people neglect to think about security. Ann Ann, The reason this is creati

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 13:40 -0500, Ann Dietz wrote: > Thanks for the link to the timeline. > > Looks like a bit of a mess. We've had several similar incidents on this > side of the pond. > > Data security is tough when the storage media are so portable and people > neglect to think about se

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread Ann Dietz
onald-Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:54 AM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 11:12 -0500, Ann Dietz wrote: > For those of us without regular access to UK news, does any

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread Peter MacGregor
Take a look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Peter MacGregor At 16:12 21/11/2007, you wrote: >For those of us without regular access to UK news, does anyone have a link >to an article which explains the basics of what happened and when it was >discovered, etc.? > >Thanks, > >Ann > > > > > • The WD

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 11:12 -0500, Ann Dietz wrote: > For those of us without regular access to UK news, does anyone have a link > to an article which explains the basics of what happened and when it was > discovered, etc.? > > Thanks, > > Ann http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7104368.stm

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread Ann Dietz
For those of us without regular access to UK news, does anyone have a link to an article which explains the basics of what happened and when it was discovered, etc.? Thanks, Ann • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread joseph harris
From: "Peter MacGregor" We've heard the Chairman of the Revenue resigned yesterday - but what about the idiot that did this in the first place? Has he or she been fired? None of the news bulletins I've heard have mentioned this. I know that in the Civil Service you don't usually get fired for

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread Dan Parry
> We've heard the Chairman of the Revenue resigned > yesterday - but what about the idiot that did this in the first place? > > Has he or she been fired? None of the news > bulletins I've heard have mentioned this. > > I know that in the Civil Service you don't > usually get fired for incompetenc

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-21 Thread Peter MacGregor
We've heard the Chairman of the Revenue resigned yesterday - but what about the idiot that did this in the first place? Has he or she been fired? None of the news bulletins I've heard have mentioned this. I know that in the Civil Service you don't usually get fired for incompetence - just move

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-20 Thread Dan Parry
> Hi all, > > Many of you may have heard that Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have > lost the details of 25m people including bank details and various other > information. > > I've just uploaded a quick guide to securing data - with an emphasis on > picking good passwords - to my company's webs

[wdvltalk] [OT] Data loss from the Child Support Agency

2007-11-20 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Hi all, Many of you may have heard that Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have lost the details of 25m people including bank details and various other information. I've just uploaded a quick guide to securing data - with an emphasis on picking good passwords - to my company's website @ http://www