It was recently reported that information on 144,000 Canadians was breached by 10 federal departments on almost 8,000 occasions in the past 2 years alone.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) saw the most individuals affected, with 3,020 breaches involving 59,065 individuals. The CRA blames the breaches on misdirected mail, security incidents, and employee misconduct. “Two-thirds of the total individuals affected were as a result of three unfortunate but isolated incidents,” the publication quotes a CRA spokesperson as saying. Next was Health Canada, which was responsible for 122 breaches, affecting 23,894 individuals. According to CBC, the agency said in its “most serious” breach, a government employee mistakenly received an email containing personal information. That person immediately notified the appropriate officials at Health Canada and deleted the email, the report said. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was responsible for seven breaches that affected 3,725 individuals; similarly, Environment was responsible for seven breaches, seeing 6,028 affected.
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Even the most well-equipped organizations can do little to stop employees from accidentally emailing the wrong person. ..."
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Even the most well-equipped organizations can do little to stop employees from accidentally emailing the wrong person. ..."
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@Martin Jartelius, CSO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"These breaches should not be seen as failures, but incidents to learn from. ..."
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@Martin Jartelius, CSO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"These breaches should not be seen as failures, but incidents to learn from. ..."
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@Felix Rosbach, Product Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet for cyber security...."
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@Felix Rosbach, Product Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet for cyber security...."
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@Tim Erlin, VP of Product Management and Strategy , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"There are literally tens of thousands of smaller breaches in the report, and it’s difficult for anyone to work to prevent similar incidents...."
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@Tim Erlin, VP of Product Management and Strategy , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"There are literally tens of thousands of smaller breaches in the report, and it’s difficult for anyone to work to prevent similar incidents...."
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