Forwarded from: Jim Patton <jim.patton@private> IMHO - Making personal information of US citizens available outside of this country is wrong. It compromises our overall national security and makes it far easier for our individual identities to be stolen by a greater number of people. Ultimately, outsourcing only benefits an already overpaid minority of executives and a limited number of shareholders. It does nothing to enhance the security of American citizens. As long as US corporations put the bottom-line ahead of the interests of American Citizens and the USA, we will be at risk. The only way we may be able to ensure that the security of our personal information and identity is respected is to pass legislation that puts a halt to the current outsourcing practices and keeps all of this data where it belongs, in the USA! -=- Forwarded from: "Michael J. Reeves, AA, ASc" <NoSPAM.michaeljreeves@private> Gosh Gee Whiz... Couldn't they test the software on a TEST database containing bogus information, or did I miss something here??? IMHO... mjr -=- Forwarded from: DC O'Dcriscoll & Associates <dcodriscoll@private> Two comments. 1) Also check the law in the country where data is being outsourced to, and ensure that it is able to deal with breaches of security and attempts to abuse the information being sent to it. 2) A lot of this 'panic' seems to be focusing on the fact that the outsourcing is going to other countries, as if this is a threat in itself (other than to jobs), but extortion of this type are able to happen in any country, and if IT execs are only recognising this now, then that begs questions. Donal > http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,91085,00.html > > By Stacy Collett > MARCH 15, 2004 > COMPUTERWORLD > > A woman in Pakistan recently struck fear among IT executives who > outsource. She had obtained sensitive patient documents from the > University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center through a > medical transcription subcontractor that she worked for, and she > threatened to post the files on the Internet unless she was paid > more money. -- dcodriscoll@private Tel: +44 (0)1524 63935; Web: www.privacybasics.info Tailored training and consultancy in security and privacy for individuals and organizations. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo@private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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