Comments on: How Many Stolen Laptops Does It Take? http://www.zecurion.com/server-software-blog/2010/05/how-many-stolen-laptops-does-it-take/ Data Storage Security, Data Loss Prevention Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:40:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Katie Weaver http://www.zecurion.com/server-software-blog/2010/05/how-many-stolen-laptops-does-it-take/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Katie Weaver Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:01:27 +0000 http://www.zecurion.com/server-software-blog/?p=198#comment-2179 I definitely agree with you that lessons learned should be implemented, but organizations should not only be proactively encrypting and protecting devices, they should also educate their employees on prevention efforts. By making employees aware of best practices for protecting physical devices and information, organizations can prevent data breaches and avoid embarassing headlines, breaches, lawsuits, etc. Not sure if you saw this recent article regarding Veterans Affairs and their data breach reports being made available online? http://fcw.com/articles/2010/08/12/va-data-breach-reports-online.aspx Since April, the VA has lost 72 BlackBerrys and 34 laptops! Why aren't lessons learned becoming lessons implemented? I definitely agree with you that lessons learned should be implemented, but organizations should not only be proactively encrypting and protecting devices, they should also educate their employees on prevention efforts. By making employees aware of best practices for protecting physical devices and information, organizations can prevent data breaches and avoid embarassing headlines, breaches, lawsuits, etc.

Not sure if you saw this recent article regarding Veterans Affairs and their data breach reports being made available online? http://fcw.com/articles/2010/08/12/va-data-breach-reports-online.aspx

Since April, the VA has lost 72 BlackBerrys and 34 laptops! Why aren’t lessons learned becoming lessons implemented?

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