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Ohio Plans To Encrypt After Data Breach

Posted by kdawson on 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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  1. /Yuo fail it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    guests. Some people A BSD over other of reality. Keep fellow travellers? Parts of you are

  2. Re:OpenBSD is the answer. by duffbeer703 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh please STFU. Like you're going to run OpenBSD on laptops. Get real.

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