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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Stolen State Worker's Laptop Holds Personal Info of 1M People]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/25/stolen-state-workers-laptop-holds-personal-info-of-1m-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/25/stolen-state-workers-laptop-holds-personal-info-of-1m-people/</guid><description><![CDATA[If employees of any agency, private or government, are going to transport sensitive information on their business laptops, there should be a way to lock down the computer from a remote destination, and subsequently clear it, if necessary. Or make a GPS beacon which can be tracked by satellite a mandatory feature of the business laptops so they can be recovered and the thieves prosecuted. Hmm. How about both? A remote lock down AND tracking capabilities? If your laptop is going to contain the private information of 1 million people, why would you NOT protect it?<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2009 11:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Stolen State Worker's Laptop Holds Personal Info of 1M People]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/25/stolen-state-workers-laptop-holds-personal-info-of-1m-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/25/stolen-state-workers-laptop-holds-personal-info-of-1m-people/</guid><description><![CDATA[Let's see . $10/laptop for encryption software vs. untold millions in taxpayer dollars to setup credit monitoring and settle lawsuits. Didn't DHS learm from the military nuclear program loss?  Why weren't they HIPPA compliant or PPI compliant.<br><br>Government is stupid - lawyers get rich - taxpayers get soaked. Again. <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickirsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2009 12:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Stolen State Worker's Laptop Holds Personal Info of 1M People]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/25/stolen-state-workers-laptop-holds-personal-info-of-1m-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/25/stolen-state-workers-laptop-holds-personal-info-of-1m-people/</guid><description><![CDATA[These security breaches do have me worried, especially as health IT is offered to every ill of the health care "system".  That said, I heard Dr. Michael Chen, VP/CFO of the Taiwanese National Health Insurance established in 1995, speak recently, and he said that they are continually scrambling data, and there has never been a security breach.  So it seems that security is possible if enough effort is put in to it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[PolitiSal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2009 5:54PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
