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Laptop Security

Customized Knowledge and Accountability is Worth At Least $20M

2009-02-09
By: Awareity
On: February 9, 2009
In: *Connecting the Dots Blog*, Human Resources, Incident Reporting, Information Privacy, Information Security, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management

In case you didn’t notice among all the TARP and Stimulus Bill news…the Veterans Affairs Department has agreed to pay $20M to settle a lawsuit filed by veterans due to a VA laptop containing sensitive information stolen in 2006.  (Before I go any further, I want to be clear that I completely support veterans receiving compensation for out-of-pocket expenses that resulted from the computer theft, credit monitoring to protect against identity loss and medical expenses that were the result of severe emotional distress.) So how is “customized knowledge” and “individual-level accountability” worth at least $20M of your and my money (tax payer dollars)? For starters,Read More →

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