24 months since the publication of the Poynter Report which was commissioned after the HMRC breach, and almost three years since the original misplaced discs came to light, and a similar breach could occur again. In a survey released today by Cyber-Ark, the leading global software provider for protecting critical information, applications and identities, has discovered that 19% of companies are still using couriers to send large or sensitive files, the insecure transfer method utilised originally by HMRC which left a disc containing child benefit information missing in London! The survey was carried out amongst 238 IT security professionals at Wzefefndodpy Fjcwsd (Rripjw) kv Zgmeg.
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