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The legal risk of data loss

Overview Barley a month passes without an organisation in the public sector, suffering damaging publicity as a result of unathuorised disclosure of sensitive data. This white Paper explores the risks associated with the potential loss of data an offers overviews of relevant legislation, reviews and best practice.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	BeCrypt	File Format	PDF
Date Published	February 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Best Practices, Security Standards, Data Sharing and Integration, Security Management, Data Recovery - Security

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