[Gllug] Secure filing system?

John Edwards john at cornerstonelinux.co.uk
Wed Feb 16 13:21:21 UTC 2011


On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 01:18:06PM +0000, Bernard Peek wrote:
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> A few years ago I went for in interview for a local government job
> immediately after a data-loss scare. Apparently all local government
> offices in the UK had been given a directive on data security and my job
> would have been to manage compliance. One of the clauses was that
> sensitive personal data was not to be taken off site at all under any
> circumstances. Of course that meant that if there was a fire and
> somebody died then all of the records of their next of kin would be in
> the ashes. I pointed this out at interview and didn't get the job.
> Apparently I'm too Bolshie to work for a labour council.

Someone (you or them) should have known the need for off-site backups.


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