Security Risk: The Device Formerly Known as Your Hard Drive
Guest editorial by Paul Roberts In a weird kind of synchronicity, two stories recently have raised the specter of discarded (not merely misplaced) hard drives as the source of considerable consternation and legal wrangling. In the most serious incident, the Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) launched an investigation into a potential data breach that could expose the personal information and health records of up to 70 million veterans.