Just as delegates attending the ARC Security Management Stage 1 programme in Delhi were highlighting the problems of information loss and the risks posed by uncontrolled portable media , the UK’s leading intelligence service, MI6, have provided a good illustrative example. One of their operatives allegedly sold a digital camera with classified images still held on the memory card!
‘Media reports said the Nikon digital camera was put up for sale on Internet trading site eBay and sold for just 17 pounds ($30.64). Its memory had names of al Qaeda members, fingerprints and suspects' academic records as well as pictures of rocket launchers and missiles, the Sun newspaper reported.’
So, if these crack international intelligence gatherers can get it so wrong, what are the chances of your organisation’s employees protecting all of your information adequately? Think about it – any gaps that you need to plug? Ask ARC Training for advice on how to control portable media.
