| US Gov't Makes a Mess of Classifying Sensitive Data |
| from the bureaucracy-at-its-finest dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 13, @20:01 (Privacy) |
|https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/13/2336258/US-Govt-Makes-a-Mess-of-Classifying-Sensiti|
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coondoggie writes "Protecting and classifying sensitive information such
as social security numbers shouldn't be that hard, but (perhaps not
surprisingly) the US government has [0]elevated complicating that task to
an art form. It seems that designating, safeguarding, and disseminating
such important information involves over 100 unique markings and at least
130 different labeling or handling routines, reflecting a disjointed,
inconsistent, and unpredictable system for protecting, sharing, and
disclosing sensitive information." This was the conclusion of [1]a recent
report (PDF) by the Government Accountability Office, which also "found
areas where sensitive information is not fully safeguarded and thus may
remain at risk of unauthorized disclosure or misuse."
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http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/13/2336258
Links:
0.http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/66215
1.http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10693.pdf
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