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The beef over the security of government data
Today Information Week reported that the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture security breach not only puts highlights the risk for identity theft , but could lead to less participation in federal programs.
The online database compromised the security of personal identifying information -- the names and SSN's of about 150,000 people who receive USDA funding from the Farm Services Agency and the USDA Rural Development agency.
USDA is Ohio Congressman Zack Space said:
"This is a pattern of security breaches in government agencies that is becoming all too familiar. But even with this familiarity, it's inexcusable in every instance," Space said in a written statement. "Congress has a responsibility to make sure that the agency is doing everything possible to rectify the situation, make sure that it doesn't happen again, and make sure that victims are notified and compensated."
Just last week it was also disclosed that US citizen data was compromised when a former federal employee of the Social Security Administration illegally disclosed personal information stolen from a government computer as part of an identity theft scheme.
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing about this situation on Wednesday, May 2. While it is reported to be a smaller incident than initially reported, it is also known that grants data with the personal information had been posted on a government Web site since 1996.
Posted April 27, 2007 in Risk Management , Security | Permalink
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