 | A news report in the San Francisco bay area has brought attention to Kaiser warning nearly 30,000 employees of a data breach |
The report states, "The theft came to light after the arrest of San Ramon resident Mia Garza, 28, on Dec. 23 on suspicion of possession of stolen property and forgery. In a confiscated computer, San Ramon police later found a file with Kaiser employee data, said San Ramon police Cpl. Rich Persson."
So it seems that a computer was stolen from Kaiser and contained the information about the employees. A classic case of data loss that would've been prevented had the document in question been secured using Oracle IRM. Not only that, but attempts to open the file would've created an audit trail for the police to use as part of the investigation.
Kaiser is helping it's employees by providing "one year of free credit monitoring to help affected employees protect their accounts." This can't be cheap for 30,000 odd employees, I wonder if the cost of an IRM solution would have been cheaper?
