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Lawmakers Chide VA Over Data Security

An AP newswire article by Ben Evans, via The Boston Globe, reports that:

Veterans Affairs officials faced a fresh round of bipartisan criticism over data security Wednesday after auditors told a congressional committee that gaping holes persist and agency officials said they still don't know how a recent breach happened.

The department's inspector general's office told the House Veterans Affairs oversight subcommittee that even after a series of lapses in the past year, most VA data remains unencrypted and the department still doesn't know how many portable computers and hard drives are in use or what information is stored on them.

posted by Fergie @ 2/28/2007 06:24:00 PM