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RE: Working Remotely (was: White Paper Editing & Standards Setting)
Subject:RE: Working Remotely (was: White Paper Editing & Standards Setting) From:<j-m -at- creativeoptions -dot- com> To:"'Me Too'" <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:29:16 -0500
Keith,
I know exactly what you're saying. This kind of thing is criminal. However,
I worked at VA on a project about a year and a half ago...dealt with exactly
these issues. We had secure VPN and I had my own security measures beyond
that. But more importantly, it was verboten to use real data in our work.
We used pre-determined artificial names and all 0s for social security
numbers and dummy addresses, phone numbers, etc. I can't even imagine what
the circumstances could have been that resulted in this. Beyond this, I was
required to carry an enormous insurance policy to cover such events.
On the other hand, I will remind you that there's no security anywhere. Not
long ago my bank card was stolen...within 6 hours a MAN signed my full name
and charged up $5,000 in three local stores where the cashier was supposed
to be checking ids.
Go figure.
Joan-Marie Moss
Joan-Marie Moss & Associates, Ltd
405 S. Home #201, Oak Park IL 60302 http://www.CreativeOptions.com
j-m -at- creativeoptions -dot- com
312-238-9579
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Subject: RE: Working Remotely (was: White Paper Editing & Standards Setting)
My opinion may be colored by the fact that I'm one of the guys whose
information may have been compromised.
The odds of my bank account being looted and my credit cards being maxed out
without my knowledge have taken a serious turn for the worse.
My first reaction is, how could he have been so ! -at- $#!
stupid?
My second reaction is, whatever their pre-existing policy of not taking such
data home, or of working on it remotely, he should be fired for
almost-criminal negligence. There is a world of information out there, not
just on the Net but in mainstream news, about the dangers of identity theft.
In such a situation, the idea of someone taking such a huge mass of
confidential information outside a secure location is incomprehensible to
me. Thank Christ he didn't work in the agency that secures nuclear weapon
stockpiles.
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Keith Hood
Senior (only) tech writer
ACS, Inc.
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