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24.11.08, 19:38
Security breaches have struck both President-elect Barack Obama and the Pentagon, with both cases pointing to holes in policy, tracking and enforcement, according to observers.
In Obama's case, Verizon Wireless employees stole a peek at his old cell phone records, leading Lowell McAdam, the company's president and CEO, to apologize and promise retribution.
The Pentagon, meanwhile, has been forced to ban the use of removable media such as USB flash drives after its networks were hit by an unspecified virus.
The incidents come on the heels of a report by -- perhaps ironically -- Verizon Communications' business unit, which concluded that most corporate security breaches could be prevented with reasonable security measures. According to the study, nearly nine out of 10 security lapses could have been avoided by implementing a number of improvements, like a data retention plan.
InternetNews Realtime IT News - Obama, Pentagon Suffer Security Breaches (http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3786816/Obama+Pentagon+Suffer+Security+Breaches.htm)
In Obama's case, Verizon Wireless employees stole a peek at his old cell phone records, leading Lowell McAdam, the company's president and CEO, to apologize and promise retribution.
The Pentagon, meanwhile, has been forced to ban the use of removable media such as USB flash drives after its networks were hit by an unspecified virus.
The incidents come on the heels of a report by -- perhaps ironically -- Verizon Communications' business unit, which concluded that most corporate security breaches could be prevented with reasonable security measures. According to the study, nearly nine out of 10 security lapses could have been avoided by implementing a number of improvements, like a data retention plan.
InternetNews Realtime IT News - Obama, Pentagon Suffer Security Breaches (http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3786816/Obama+Pentagon+Suffer+Security+Breaches.htm)