NDLI: Data Loss in the British Government: A Bounty of Credentials for Organised Crime

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Watters, P.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Personal information stored in large government databases is a prime target for criminals because of its potential use in identity theft and associated crime, such as fraud. In 2007-2008, a number of very high-profile cases of data loss within the British Government, its departments and non-departmental bodies raised three pressing issues of public significance: (1) how broad was the loss across agencies; (2) how deep was each loss incident; and (3) what counter-measures (organizational and technical) could be put in place to prevent further loss? This paper provides a chronological review of data loss incidents, and assesses the potential to mitigate risk, given organizational structures and processes, and taking into account current government calls for further medium and long-term acquisition and storage of citizen’s private data. The potential use of the "lost" credentials is discussed in the context of identity theft.
Starting Page	531
Ending Page	536
File Size	295918
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424449026
DOI	10.1109/UIC-ATC.2009.73
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-07-07
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pervasive computing Data privacy Data security Conferences Government Laboratories Information security Internet Computer crime Business
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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