The loss of sensitive government data from lost or stolen laptops has become so serious that civil servantsÂ’ use of them has been severely restricted. Under an order issued on Monday by Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell, government and agency staff will only be allowed to move computers out of their offices if the data within them has been fully encrypted.
'Laptop ban' imposed to tackle wave of public data losses
Posted by Alan Shipman in Strategy & Planning on Tue, 22/01/2008 - 14:51
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