The Governor of South Carolina faced the media regarding the breach of 3.6 million state tax payer records, including mine. I can understand that systems get compromised.
It happens.
There is no such thing as 100% secure and there never will be but, at least know what the hell you’re talking about…
From Computer World:
“The industry standard is that most SSNs are not encrypted,” Haley said in response to a question from a reporter. “A lot of banks don’t encrypt, a lot of those agencies that you think might encrypt Social Security Numbers actually don’t, because it is very complicated. It is cumbersome and there’s a lot of numbers involved with it.”
I can understand it being practice but, I’d doubt this is an industry standard. Call it a hunch.
“The governor’s comments reflect unawareness of data security practices and are not at all reassuring,” Litan added.
The fact that she thought it was appropriate to point at an completely separate industry vertical as validation for the government’s inability to secure the data is somewhat confusing.
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