Couriers could be protected from losing data
Date: 22 April 2008
Industry experts will call on the government at this year's Infosec security conference to introduce new laws that would force organisations to protect the data they hold on customers and subsequently provide couriers with greater protection if they lost the data.
According to technology website vnunet.com, Gary Clark, vice president of information security company SafeNet, will explain that public and private companies have lost nearly 40 million sensitive records this year, including names, patient files and bank details.
Speaking to the website, Mr Cark said: "Couriers losing discs or laptops containing unencrypted data is unacceptable, especially as the technology and the knowledge exist to prevent this happening.
"It is not surprising that the public's trust is wavering, and taking serious legislative steps is the only way to rebuild it and stem the data loss flow."
Legislation requiring stronger encryption of sensitive corporate data would mean that courier firms are better protected, because any lost data would be less likely to fall into the wrong hands.
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