http://gcn.com/articles/2012/04/06/cbp-exposes-contractor-trade-secrets.aspx By Kevin McCaney GCN.com April 06, 2012 Customs and Border Protection blocked access to a contracting Web page, and later moved its location, after it had inadvertently posted documents containing commercial trade secrets as part of a solicitation for a video surveillance project on the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. In addition to blocking further access to the documents, CBP is asking anyone who downloaded the two documents in question to delete or destroy them, according to a notice posted to FedBizOps. The website where the documents were posted is a password-protected site for authorized users, so CBP has a list of anyone who has accessed, viewed or downloaded the documents. CBP’s notice said it would directly contact those individuals, asking them to delete their copies and to confirm in writing that they’ve gotten rid of them. The documents, which CBP said “may contain information considered to be commercial/trade secret information,” were posted to a Virtual Reading Room as part of a new solicitation for a remote video surveillance system for the Southwestern border of the U.S. The solicitation was posted in February. [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Mon Apr 09 2012 - 22:17:52 PDT
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