Compliance: October 2007 Archives
This is how data is managed to keep costs down in the world today - would have been allot safer with iForem.
olumbus (OH) - The man responsible for the biggest data theft in the state of Ohio has received his official punishment - five days of lost vacation.
This summer, a tape containing tens of thousands of government data records was stolen from the car of an Ohio intern. According to reports following the incident, it was common practice to send sensitive discs home with employees as a "safety measure" to ensure critical government data was not left entirely in the state offices overnight. The practice was put to an end after the July incident following an executive order from Governor Ted Strickland.
Jerry Miller, Ohio Department of Administrative Services payroll team leader, was deemed responsible for the data theft. He was ordered to surrender a week of paid vacation for his role in the data breach.
Social security numbers and other sensitive data of over 120,000 Ohio taxpayers and state employees were on the tape, according to computer forensics research. The cost of replacing the data and providing free credit monitoring to all those affected, along with other costs, will total around $3 million.
A spokesperson for the state's Department of Administrative Services called Miller a "stellar longtime DAS employee", saying he was forthcoming about the incident. The punishment was recommended by a state board that investigated the incident.
The government spokesperson went on to say, "One lesson that the state learned is that we need to throw more resources at security and privacy when we have an issue like that."
olumbus (OH) - The man responsible for the biggest data theft in the state of Ohio has received his official punishment - five days of lost vacation.
This summer, a tape containing tens of thousands of government data records was stolen from the car of an Ohio intern. According to reports following the incident, it was common practice to send sensitive discs home with employees as a "safety measure" to ensure critical government data was not left entirely in the state offices overnight. The practice was put to an end after the July incident following an executive order from Governor Ted Strickland.
Jerry Miller, Ohio Department of Administrative Services payroll team leader, was deemed responsible for the data theft. He was ordered to surrender a week of paid vacation for his role in the data breach.
Social security numbers and other sensitive data of over 120,000 Ohio taxpayers and state employees were on the tape, according to computer forensics research. The cost of replacing the data and providing free credit monitoring to all those affected, along with other costs, will total around $3 million.
A spokesperson for the state's Department of Administrative Services called Miller a "stellar longtime DAS employee", saying he was forthcoming about the incident. The punishment was recommended by a state board that investigated the incident.
The government spokesperson went on to say, "One lesson that the state learned is that we need to throw more resources at security and privacy when we have an issue like that."
Many people say that free is the way! And so do I! Yes, even the founder of iForem says - use free services. Email, storage, shareware, and so many other things, go get em! Why you ask?
Its simple! iForem is for the IMPORTANT and CRITICAL items. Things you want to leave for your family to find. Something you don't want to manage all the time. A place that is not giving your aggregate data up for sale. A secure and reliable place to recover your compliance data.
Free services have changed our life, but like "free" television, there is HBO and cable. For the bulk of the items you can not, do not, or will not sort - use a free storage system. Email yourself files to Gmail. Backup your entire computer, and other computers on Carbonite. But when you have files and items you MUST have access too! Files you can not lose, files you rely on to make sure your wishes or compliance are carried out, then consider iForem.
Business Continuation or Lifestyle choice. iForem is here today, and will be here tomorrow. $20 starts you off. What can you lose? You own it for life!
Its simple! iForem is for the IMPORTANT and CRITICAL items. Things you want to leave for your family to find. Something you don't want to manage all the time. A place that is not giving your aggregate data up for sale. A secure and reliable place to recover your compliance data.
Free services have changed our life, but like "free" television, there is HBO and cable. For the bulk of the items you can not, do not, or will not sort - use a free storage system. Email yourself files to Gmail. Backup your entire computer, and other computers on Carbonite. But when you have files and items you MUST have access too! Files you can not lose, files you rely on to make sure your wishes or compliance are carried out, then consider iForem.
Business Continuation or Lifestyle choice. iForem is here today, and will be here tomorrow. $20 starts you off. What can you lose? You own it for life!
We're drowning in the sea of papers, snapshots, receipts, recipes, legal agreements, contracts, and other documents we've inherited and accumulated, but have rarely organized and prioritized. Some of these documents are invaluable and irreplaceable - and the only way to keep these vital records safe, secure and accessible is to make digital copies impervious to fire, flood or other catastrophe.
You might think that relying on USB drives and free (or almost free) online storage is the answer - but it's not. How many USB drives and tiny memory cards can you keep track of? What happens when (not if) they're lost or stolen? Even if you somehow manage to hang on to all of them, they'll be obsolete or useless a few years! When your "free" online storage services folds or your online storage fee doesn't get paid, your data disappears.
Finally - and most importantly - how will your descendents find a specific document exactly when it's needed if it's stored somewhere in those USB drives, portable hard disks, online storage bins, and other digital dumping grounds?
We all have memories and life-defining documents that need to be permanently preserved and available - even they're needed decades from now.
And that's why your iForem Digital Legacy is not a luxury, but an absolute necessity.
Now and Forever
You might think that relying on USB drives and free (or almost free) online storage is the answer - but it's not. How many USB drives and tiny memory cards can you keep track of? What happens when (not if) they're lost or stolen? Even if you somehow manage to hang on to all of them, they'll be obsolete or useless a few years! When your "free" online storage services folds or your online storage fee doesn't get paid, your data disappears.
Finally - and most importantly - how will your descendents find a specific document exactly when it's needed if it's stored somewhere in those USB drives, portable hard disks, online storage bins, and other digital dumping grounds?
We all have memories and life-defining documents that need to be permanently preserved and available - even they're needed decades from now.
And that's why your iForem Digital Legacy is not a luxury, but an absolute necessity.
Now and Forever
