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12/08/2008
Staff Let Off Despite Putting 400,000 At Risk Of Fraud
Staff from a spending watchdog have avoided any disciplinary action despite losing confidential information on almost half a million people.
A spokesman for The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) said last night that staff will not face disciplinary action despite not reporting the nature of the material contained on three laptops stolen in the last three years.
At the beginning of August, the Office also reported that 16 laptops had been stolen over the past 10 years.
Following an examination of its audit files, and interviews with staff, three of these laptops were identified as containing data that could, if improperly disclosed, be misused. The examination was finalised in the past week.
A spokesman for the department said: "The C&AG regrets the loss of the laptop computers and the risk that the information on them could be improperly disclosed or misused. While the data was held on password-protected computers it was not encrypted."
Arrangements have been put in place for a security audit to be conducted by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. An independent review will also be undertaken of the Office's ICT governance and management. However, no staff are to face proceedings over the losses.
(DW)
A spokesman for The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) said last night that staff will not face disciplinary action despite not reporting the nature of the material contained on three laptops stolen in the last three years.
At the beginning of August, the Office also reported that 16 laptops had been stolen over the past 10 years.
Following an examination of its audit files, and interviews with staff, three of these laptops were identified as containing data that could, if improperly disclosed, be misused. The examination was finalised in the past week.
A spokesman for the department said: "The C&AG regrets the loss of the laptop computers and the risk that the information on them could be improperly disclosed or misused. While the data was held on password-protected computers it was not encrypted."
Arrangements have been put in place for a security audit to be conducted by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. An independent review will also be undertaken of the Office's ICT governance and management. However, no staff are to face proceedings over the losses.
(DW)
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