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CHANGING
HOW WE THINK
ABOUT DATA
SECURITY
@
Keeping the entire agency safe
from information leaks and cyber
attacks means changing how we
all think about data security.
VOLUME 40 | ISSUE 5 | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Unfortunately, with increasing frequency these days, companies are having to
deal with the fallout as a result of someone or some group hacking into their
computer system.
Just this past July, hackers broke into the network of the University of California
at Los Angeles Health System. At the time, UCLA officials did not believe that the
cyber attackers accessed any personal or medical information, but the breach was
unsettling for the thousands of people whose data was stored there.
Some might say that this is just the price we pay for living in a world where
information — any information
CHANGING HOW WE THINK ABOUT DATA SECURITY @ Ke
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