[Year 12 IT Apps] Security issues - great article about valuable info being 'blacked out' in pdfs

[Natalie H]

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/04/18/how-not-to-redact-a-pdf-nuclear-submarine-secrets-spilled/


One of the comments is actually interesting as well:

"Thu Win Its rather difficult for the UK MOD civil servants to understand. Some 
6years ago I worked as a contractor to the MOD advising them on computer 
security. They were interested in anything High Tech, but were apalling on the 
basics, i.e. leaving confidential files unattended on a desk, daily password 
written on white boards visible through a window to passers by. Using each 
others passwords to enter secure networks because they were too lazy to remember 
their own,illegal use of crypto keys. 
So for something as simple as republishing the file without the sensitive 
material they wouldn't even uderstand the concept! 

Best wishes 

Dr Bob Matthews"


 

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Natalie Heath (Parade College)

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