The Eden Project in Cornwall has confirmed that a laptop containing the names, addresses, bank details, national insurance numbers and pay rates of 500 of its employees has been stolen from the car of an employee who of Moorepay Ltd - the company which handles the Eden Project's payroll.The Eden Project has joined the growing ranks of organisations that have lost employee and/or customer data on a laptop. In November, 2006, the Nationwide Building Society revealed a laptop containing customer data had been stolen three months earlier. Early last month, Marks & Spencer announced a laptop containing the personal details of 26,000 employees had been stolen.
ARC is about to reissue its completely revised Security Management Stage 1 handout on IT Security, which includes 25 recommendations for better laptop security. The handout is available as a PDF to all past delegates of SM1 and SMAP. For your copy contact David.
