Two data leaks of highly sensitive information by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) will have long term and serious implications for the officers, personnel and their families and friends.
PSNI chief admits officers anxious and angry at data breach – BBC News
These leaks are a crisis.
Your takeaways
Any and every organisation should have a process, with cut-out and double checks before it releases any information that is confidential or sensitive to its operations.
Do not leave unencrypted data in an unattended car!
Information that needs to be protected can range from the holiday dates the window cleaner knows about, to data held in your HR files to the secrets released in this incident.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Further Reading
PSNI: Major data breach identifies thousands of officers and civilian staff
PSNI data: Police investigate second breach after documents stolen
