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U.S. Goverment Struggles with Data Security

David Perera writes on CIO Today:

Security measures are restrictive by definition. They place barriers where once there was free-flowing traffic. They demand immediate attention from users who probably would prefer to do anything else but reconfirm their identity.

"We hear the complaints about things slowing down," acknowledges an information security officer at an agency deploying new encryption measures. But, he adds, "we don't care."

posted by Fergie @ 7/12/2007 11:12:00 PM