We are currently being issued with encrypted USB sticks, so the dog
won't be able to do anything with the data if he eats it!
Prof Tony Fryer, FRCPath
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry
Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Central Pathology Laboratory
University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Hartshill Road
Hartshill
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 7PX
Tel: 01782 554669
Fax: 01782 744568
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Issue No 342, 29 Aug 2008
It's always good to see old excuses getting a modern, tech-based
twist. So thanks to The Times for bringing us: the dog ate my
homework - on a USB stick. Yes, the paper had a story about a
student from Barnsley in South Yorkshire who claimed that he got
at D in English and an E in history after his boxer ate the USB stick
on which he had stored all his coursework. Unlikely? Well, it seems
scarcely seems credible, but it is true, that someone at PA
Consulting recently copied the entire prisoner record onto a USB
stick - and promptly lost it. No such problems at Colchester
Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, though. Having recently
sacked a senior manager for losing a laptop holding unencrypted
patient data, the local paper reports that it has now banned data
sticks and memory pens to prevent theft and loss. And, indeed,
chewing.
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