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NorthgateArinso: A Quick Bit Of Airbrushing?

What does this mean? Are NorthgateArinso undertaking a full independent investigation into the data loss? Are NorthgateArinso taking some other decisive and sensible action in the aftermath of the data loss? Or are they merely looking to airbrush over the incident, remove potential embarrassment by hiding the names of Directors who could and should have ensured the data loss never happened and hope that people will forget about [...]

NorthgateArinso Involved In Pensions Trust Data Breach

Doesn’t NorthgateArinso’s skillsets of excellence include basic IT security like encrypting laptops? Matthew Henty’s blog details the specifics of the data that went AWOL. I have a copy of the letter that went out from The Pensions Trust so can confirm that the data on the lifted laptop includes name, address, date of birth, National Insurance number, name of employer, salary details, name of and relationship to nominees and, for those drawing a pension, bank account [...]

Andy Burnham: Lack Of Clue Again

Is it just me who’s wondering what was going through Mr Burnham’s mind while he was reading those papers on that train? If it’s confidential then surely it deserves to be safely stored, an eagle eye kept on it and making sure it remains with you at all times?

I’ve got one question: If what Mr Burnham did was “unacceptable” (as mentioned in the BBC report) then why hasn’t he [...]