Ohio Plans To Encrypt After Data Breach

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @10:24AM from the shutting-the-barn-door-after-the-horses dept.

Lucas123 writes "After a backup tape containing sensitive information on 130,000 Ohio residents, current and former employees, and businesses was stolen from the car of a government intern in June, the state government just announced it has purchased 60,000 licenses of encryption software — McAfee's SafeBoot — for state offices to use to protect data. It's estimated that the missing backup tape will cost Ohio $3 million. In September, the state docked a government official about a week of future vacation time for not ensuring that the data would be protected."

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Gotta love government jobs... by Stanislav_J · 2007-12-11 10:30 · Score: 5, Funny

The state loses $3 million bucks, and the guy responsible gets the punishment of a whole week of lost vacation time? Wow....I want to find me a job where I can screw up so badly and get off so lightly. I mean....other than the Presidency.

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