88 Privacy Breaches to Beware Of

52 Remember to clear out

I recall that at the end of my university course many years ago I had to clear out all my personal belongings (including all the accumulated rubbish) from my hostel room. The university expected me to return the room to its original spartan state so that it would be ready for a new student to move in. I had to comb through every nook and cranny of the room meticulously to ensure that I did not leave behind a single item that belonged to me.

Minimising information security incidents

This recollection of my past set me thinking. Can this same “clear out” principle be applied to the way we treat information security?

If everyone ...