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Title: Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
Post by: Hazcat on May 11, 2010, 06:46:05 AM

5 minutes worth watching!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6412572n

(Hat  tip to Crusader Rabbit)

Title: Re: Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
Post by: SwoopSJ on May 11, 2010, 11:13:28 AM

Paranoia can't help but creep in after watching that video.  It's hard enough to protect yourself without having to worry about whether or not your insurance agency, bank, etc. is actually securing your personal information. 

Swoop

I can't help wondering how many photocopied butts are floating around out there on hard drives.   :)

Title: Re: Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
Post by: tt11758 on May 11, 2010, 03:15:30 PM

Quote from: SwoopSJ on May 11, 2010, 11:13:28 AM

I can't help wondering how many photocopied butts are floating around out there on hard drives.   :)

Not mine!!!   I haven't been able to find a copier with a wide-angle lens.

Title: Re: Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
Post by: m25operator on May 11, 2010, 07:22:45 PM

This is going to be a big deal for some companies, how many copiers have been recycled from the IRS? You can easily think of many others, NASA, NSA, etc...

Hat tip to Swoop  ;D Welcome back. ;D

Title: Re: Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
Post by: SwoopSJ on May 11, 2010, 11:05:59 PM

Thanks, M25, it's definitely good to be back.  I've always enjoyed this forum, but even more so now that I have an over abundance of time while I recover.   :)

Swoop

Title: Re: Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
Post by: jnevis on May 12, 2010, 08:03:28 AM

Quote from: m25operator on May 11, 2010, 07:22:45 PM

This is going to be a big deal for some companies, how many copiers have been recycled from the IRS? You can easily think of many others, NASA, NSA, etc...

Hat tip to Swoop  ;D Welcome back. ;D

I can say with some degree of certainty that any copier that handles senstive/classified data does not have a hard drive in it.  The ones that do have the "clean" feature plus there are four pages of procedures to verify that there is no information left on it when disposing of them.

I asked our Security Manager and she verified that the machines we use don't have drives.  Can't guarantee other agencies but DoD and IC (three letter) alphabet soup go to RIDICULOUS lengths to make sure things don't leak.  Not to say it doesn't happen but...