Security News > 2011 > January > Security lapses at Stats Can

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/10/16832711.html By KATHLEEN HARRIS QMI Agency Toronto Sun January 10, 2011 OTTAWA -- From lost laptops to stray confidential documents, Statistics Canada has grappled with several "serious" security breaches that have compromised sensitive personal information about Canadians. Internal reports obtained by QMI Agency through Access to Information reveal a number of incidents in the past five years where the federal information-gathering agency has probed and quietly done damage control on security lapses. There have been several cases of government-issued laptops containing confidential personal information stolen from employees' homes or vehicles. In at least two incidents, field interviewers had left a sticky note with the password with the portable computer. One Toronto staffer left the completed questionnaire of another participant at a respondent's home instead of a blank one. Another employee faxed off a blank survey to a business -- but inadvertently included sheets of confidential information about two other businesses. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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