Risk is a state of mind

All the encryption in the world won't keep information safe if the people handling data don't think about security.

Reading much of the popular press on the subject of last year's HMRC data breach, you'd think that careless handling of personal data was purely a government problem. In fact, a review of incidents that were made public during 2007 tells a different story, with banks, building societies and mobile-phone companies all sheepishly admitting to mishandling a range of sensitive data. The first-order reaction of the security business to this sort of thing is a predictable sales pitch; news interviews with relevant vendors and demands for wholesale encryption and improved security. I ...
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