Comments on: Auditor loses McAfee employee data

An external auditor misplaces a CD with details of thousands of workers, putting them at risk of identity fraud.

That's ironic

Don't you think? A little too ironic, I really do think.

[n3td3v]

yahoo payroll management at outsourced probusiness.com

an employee at yahoo exposed the password policy for its outsourced payroll management for its employees at probusiness.com

ppl in the know, know where to go to read about it...

[n3td3v]

yahoo payroll management at outsourced probusiness.com

an employee at yahoo exposed the password policy for its outsourced payroll management for its employees at probusiness.com

ppl in the know, know where to go to read about it...

[heystoopid]

Slackers!

What a bunch of slackers, but watch how the State Attorney General under Arnie S! takes no criminal action proceedings, against these incompetents!

Yet, we have been told they are here, to serve and protect! Yeah, only when suits them!

Slackers all! is the polite description!!!!!!

[IngenFelix]

Competitor??

So Ian - either you work for a competitor, or you used to.... but hey, no jealousy in your statement is there...

[kquickkquick]

Government Intrusion?

I'm not sure you want government intrusion unless you advocate socialism and want the government involved with EVERY aspect of your life!
(And Arnie sure is making a great governator, isn't he?)

[Shoppingkart]

Ummm

With more such incidents on the rise, (lost user data, spamming, phishing, hacking) is it ever possible to secure data?
Let's see where my mindless rambling takes us.

Consider a few possible scenarios. Which one of the below methods is the most secure?

a. CD format for use as online storage tends to be hacked in some ways.
b. Central point of storage to prevent lost information and easy user access.
c. Obtain details through phone or other means and then store it in a central server which is not accessible through the net, only secure access on the LAN.
d. No user data required. Why store it in the first place? Let the customer carry a smart card or identifier with him containing all user data including balances and account information. The update or changes could be made to the identifier or smart card itself. The company only maintains the net accounting information applicable to them. (The identifiers would need to be changed annually to prevent duplication.)

Aha! Now you see what I was hinting!

Why should I entrust some careless joker with my information when I should be responsible for it?

Any suggestions?

[Shoppingkart]

Ahem!

Before someone jumps the gun, my previous message was for banking, not McAfee audits! ;)

[Macsaresafer]

I don't know about PCs, but

on a Mac, you can use Disk Utility (Applications:Utilities:Disk Utility)
to create a disk image with 128 bit AES encryption. You can then
burn the image to a cd/dvd, so if you lose the disk, the data is still
fairly secure. Windows people keep telling me there's more
software for the PC, but is that just games? Can't you find a way to
do this in Windows?

[Shoppingkart]

Encryption

There has always been 128 bit encryption for PCs just before the release of Win2K. In fact if you see it's 256 bit for some enterprises. But 'fairly' is what we get regardless of a Mac or a PC! I am talking about security without operating systems. ;)