View Single Post
Old 07-03-2008, 20:53   #107
Tezcatlipoca
Inactive
 
Tezcatlipoca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 16,760
Tezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny stars
Tezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny starsTezcatlipoca has a pair of shiny stars
Re: ID cards rethink to be unveiled

Quote:
Originally Posted by BBKing View Post
The Register has spotted this, I'm glad to say. Where I lead, others follow :P

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03...atabase_gaffe/

A very good quote from there...


Quote:
Originally Posted by The Register
Munro [MD of GCHQ accredited penetration testing firm SecureTest] describes [Home Secretary Jacqui] Smith's faith in the inherent security of databases kept off the internet as "misguided" and symptomatic of wider government IT security shortcomings. "The minister's lack of appreciation gives us great concern that government ministers have no significant understanding of security, as evidenced by the recent data losses on CD," he said. "What hope have we got that the National ID card database will be any more secure?"
Tezcatlipoca is offline   Reply With Quote