Data security breached at DWP
Government staff have been sending out highly sensitive data in packages that include the passwords. The errors at the Department for Work and Pensions "defeat the purpose" of tighter security rules brought in after last year's data loss scandals, according to an internal email. <snip> Instructions issued to civil servants last December made it clear that passwords should always be sent separately from sensitive information, whether it was being transported by courier or electronically. <snip> Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has been notified of more than 60 data breaches by Government or other public sector bodies since the HMRC scandal emerged. <snip> http://www.theherald.co.uk/national_news/index.var.217204.0.data_security_breached_at_dwp.php?
Government staff have been sending out highly sensitive data in packages that include the passwords. The errors at the Department for Work and Pensions "defeat the purpose" of tighter security rules brought in after last year's data loss scandals, according to an internal email. <snip> Instructions issued to civil servants last December made it clear that passwords should always be sent separately from sensitive information, whether it was being transported by courier or electronically. <snip> Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has been notified of more than 60 data breaches by Government or other public sector bodies since the HMRC scandal emerged. <snip> http://www.theherald.co.uk/national_news/index.var.217204.0.data_security_breached_at_dwp.php?