Are stories involving the loss or theft of a laptop containing sensitive information are on the rise, or is it just me? Maybe it’s just that October has been a busy month for laptop thieves.
A story dated October 19th revealed that Administaff Inc. of Houston has begun notifying 159,000 current and former employees that their data has been exposed due to the theft a laptop containing unencrypted personal data. This is on the heels of another story about a laptop containing personal data on about 10,000 Home Depot employees being stolen from the car of a regional manager last week. Finally, some of you may remember the dual-laptop loss (theft?) suffered by the TSA earlier this month containing the personal data of 3,930 truckers who handle hazardous materials. I think we here at Brightfly might need to add a new feature to web site called “Laptop Theft of the Week” so we can keep track of all this. What really gets me is that there are many solutions out there to protect data should it fall into the wrong hands. It should be common knowledge that organizations WILL eventually suffer a loss or theft of a mobile device containing sensitive information, so why don’t more of them take a proactive approach? I have my own suspicions, but I’d love to see some feedback from our readers on this.
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