Comments on: MoD Loses 340 Laptops In Two Years http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mod-loses-340-laptops-in-last-two-years-8588 Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Motty Alon http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mod-loses-340-laptops-in-last-two-years-8588#comment-16932 Motty Alon Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:12:33 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/?p=8588#comment-16932 Playing with statistics as suggested in the article (“only” 340 computers were lost out of 46,000 laptops) is misleading. Any security expert can tell the MoD that it is not the number of laptops that is important but rather the chance that one of them will act as the “weakest link” when trying to break into confidential MoD resources. With current technologies in the Information Lifecycle Protection space, MoD can ensure that public sensitive data will not be revealed to unauthorized parties in case of stolen or lost laptops. These technologies suggest a cost effective and efficient implementation of security measures. Compared to the enormous cost of lost sensitive public MoD information, installing Information Lifecycle Protection will always give a positive ROI. Motty Alon, Director of Solution Strategy, SafeNet Playing with statistics as suggested in the article (“only” 340 computers were lost out of 46,000 laptops) is misleading. Any security expert can tell the MoD that it is not the number of laptops that is important but rather the chance that one of them will act as the “weakest link” when trying to break into confidential MoD resources. With current technologies in the Information Lifecycle Protection space, MoD can ensure that public sensitive data will not be revealed to unauthorized parties in case of stolen or lost laptops. These technologies suggest a cost effective and efficient implementation of security measures. Compared to the enormous cost of lost sensitive public MoD information, installing Information Lifecycle Protection will always give a positive ROI.

Motty Alon, Director of Solution Strategy, SafeNet

]]> By: Chris Mayers http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mod-loses-340-laptops-in-last-two-years-8588#comment-16880 Chris Mayers Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:49:23 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/?p=8588#comment-16880 Lost and stolen equipment is rarely recovered, so the new Government needs to act now and ensure data is protected, regardless of human error. There is no excuse for mishandling public information. Major Government reports published in 2008 on information security and data handling, appear to have had little effect on practice. Protective measures, such as encryption, were supposed to be obligatory. Civil servants often work in difficult conditions, and they need the right tools when handling sensitive data. Chris Mayers, chief security architect at Citrix Lost and stolen equipment is rarely recovered, so the new Government needs to act now and ensure data is protected, regardless of human error. There is no excuse for mishandling public information. Major Government reports published in 2008 on information security and data handling, appear to have had little effect on practice. Protective measures, such as encryption, were supposed to be obligatory. Civil servants often work in difficult conditions, and they need the right tools when handling sensitive data.

Chris Mayers, chief security architect at Citrix

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