Comments on: Not even Google is immune to security threats. http://pcsecurityblog.beachheadsolutions.com/2008/07/22/not-even-google-is-immune-to-security-threats/ Fresh perspectives on laptop security, encryption, and risk management. Fri, 18 May 2012 01:51:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.0 By: Kim http://pcsecurityblog.beachheadsolutions.com/2008/07/22/not-even-google-is-immune-to-security-threats/#comment-6 Kim Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:48:32 +0000 http://pcsecurityblog.beachheadsolutions.com/?p=5#comment-6 How coincidental is it that I received a letter from my husband’s company this week that our information was included in the Colt Express Outsourcing theft and that I find out 4 days later that my credit card was fraudulently used in another state? They're probably not related but it makes me angry that the company didn't take precautions to protect our information more carefully. The other infuriating thing is that the company was not even a client of Colt at the time of the theft. Why did they still have our data? How coincidental is it that I received a letter from my husband’s company this week that our information was included in the Colt Express Outsourcing theft and that I find out 4 days later that my credit card was fraudulently used in another state? They’re probably not related but it makes me angry that the company didn’t take precautions to protect our information more carefully. The other infuriating thing is that the company was not even a client of Colt at the time of the theft. Why did they still have our data?

]]> By: Cam Roberson http://pcsecurityblog.beachheadsolutions.com/2008/07/22/not-even-google-is-immune-to-security-threats/#comment-5 Cam Roberson Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:01:03 +0000 http://pcsecurityblog.beachheadsolutions.com/?p=5#comment-5 Wow, this certainly strikes close to home! The confidential personal and financial information (including SSN#s) of all Beachhead Solutions employees was exposed in October of last year – a result of a stolen laptop. How could this happen? We’re a security-conscious company, with diligent employees and (shameless plug) we use Lost Data Destruction to protect PC data. But it wasn’t us that lost our data – it was a Beachhead vendor. Shame on us, we’d not carefully considered the safekeeping of our own confidential data when considering our payroll and benefits administrator. You can bet we do now – for ALL VENDORS! Since this episode we’ve fired them (a biggie in this space) and have gone with another. We’ve chosen (another plug) TriNet who provides terrific service AND protects our confidential data. Any chance this is coincidence? Wow, this certainly strikes close to home! The confidential personal and financial information (including SSN#s) of all Beachhead Solutions employees was exposed in October of last year – a result of a stolen laptop. How could this happen? We’re a security-conscious company, with diligent employees and (shameless plug) we use Lost Data Destruction to protect PC data. But it wasn’t us that lost our data – it was a Beachhead vendor.

Shame on us, we’d not carefully considered the safekeeping of our own confidential data when considering our payroll and benefits administrator. You can bet we do now – for ALL VENDORS! Since this episode we’ve fired them (a biggie in this space) and have gone with another. We’ve chosen (another plug) TriNet who provides terrific service AND protects our confidential data. Any chance this is coincidence?

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