Another Veteran Affairs laptop goes missing
UpwardThrust
08-08-2006, 18:05
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2000268,00.asp
Ahhh what the FUCK are these people doing!?
I just posted that they found the last one and now 38 thousand more veterans have to worry.
Minoriteeburg
08-08-2006, 18:06
they should get a new lock in the room where they keep these things.....
maybe a camera too...
Sumamba Buwhan
08-08-2006, 18:16
it's not hard to share data on a remote server and keep it more secure.
this is the same govt. we are supposed to trust to handle our national security right?
UpwardThrust
08-08-2006, 18:19
it's not hard to share data on a remote server and keep it more secure.
this is the same govt. we are supposed to trust to handle our national security right?
Exactly when dealing directly with students ID information here we do an actual remoteX to the data server. What this means is none of the data is actually ON the computer you are using it is all maintained on that server.
The advantages is none of the data ever leaves the secure site, even as accidental temporary files
Wallonochia
08-08-2006, 18:23
Another one?!
Dammit, I guess I need to start monitoring my credit report closely again now.
Deep Kimchi
08-08-2006, 18:23
Exactly when dealing directly with students ID information here we do an actual remoteX to the data server. What this means is none of the data is actually ON the computer you are using it is all maintained on that server.
The advantages is none of the data ever leaves the secure site, even as accidental temporary files
The only government place that I saw that had good data security was the NSA.
No ability to get on their version of the Internet from outside.
No ability to dial in to their servers.
No ability to leave the building with anything resembling a computer, data drive, etc.
Data drives, etc., are confiscated during the search when you enter the building. You'll get them back later if they feel generous.
No ability to enter the building without a top secret clearance with lifestyle polygraph.
Extreme compartmentalization of their internal network (extensive DMZs) and extensive architectural compartmentalization within the building itself (entire floors, corridors, etc., that you can't enter without the right badge).
Sure, NSA stuff is classified. And look how it got out into the press with fairly little effort.
All it takes is one lazy person to take their laptop home with data on it that they transferred there "just because it makes my job easier".
UpwardThrust
08-08-2006, 18:29
The only government place that I saw that had good data security was the NSA.
No ability to get on their version of the Internet from outside.
No ability to dial in to their servers.
No ability to leave the building with anything resembling a computer, data drive, etc.
Data drives, etc., are confiscated during the search when you enter the building. You'll get them back later if they feel generous.
No ability to enter the building without a top secret clearance with lifestyle polygraph.
Extreme compartmentalization of their internal network (extensive DMZs) and extensive architectural compartmentalization within the building itself (entire floors, corridors, etc., that you can't enter without the right badge).
Sure, NSA stuff is classified. And look how it got out into the press with fairly little effort.
All it takes is one lazy person to take their laptop home with data on it that they transferred there "just because it makes my job easier".
I have seen a few where they do pretty good but I deal so much in big concepts that I had no need to view the hardware, as interested in as I am about such things.
At least of them are up on their security audits unlike private industry
Minoriteeburg
08-08-2006, 18:30
Another one?!
Dammit, I guess I need to start monitoring my credit report closely again now.
good thing my credit sucks and cant get any worse