In 2007, the Department of Homeland Security an Office of Management and Budget, along with the Presidential Identity Theft Task Force, investigated information privacy and security practices in the United States Government. They developed a report called the Common Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information (pdf)which included a list of ten common mistakes made by U.S. departments and agencies and provided recommendations for new practices to be implement to eliminate and reduce security [...]
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If asked to identify the point in the information lifecycle in which data is often most vulnerable, most people would not say “Destruction.” Destruction itself is a simple concept. After personal data or technology storing personal data is no longer useful it is discarded. However, completely erasing data from existence is not that easy. Computer files are particularly difficult to destroy. Furthermore, with the increasing use of cloud computing services, more and more personal data is being stored on third party servers, where the information controller has to trust their provider to remove the information when requested. Control over the deletion and destruction of data is taken out of the data controller and the data subject’s hands. The problems associated with proper disposal, make it so that the destruction of data is one of the times personal information is most likely to be at risk for unauthorized access. Because of this, data destruction remains an important privacy issue discussed among professionals in the industry [...] Cloud computing has been a remarkable development in computing technology. It allows for high levels of specialization so that a small group of individuals, with expertise in a particular area can create a specific service and make that service widely available through the Internet. Such specialization has created giant leaps in technological capabilities. It has made information mobile, across locations and devices and revolutionized the way people share, store and consume information. However, it does not come without its [...] |
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