According to recent reports, the Department for Work and Pensions is planning to terminate the contract it had with a private company, Atos Origin. An employee of Atos Origin had misplaced a computer memory stick that had the names and passwords of users of Government Gateway, one of the biggest websites in the public sector.
The company has taken serious action against the loss of this device. Investigations were being carried out surrounding its loss as well as the data content stored on the memory stick.
As per DWP, the memory stick contained vital logins and passwords as well as some individual personal data in an encrypted form.
With such incidences, the departments come under a lot of pressure. It is very important for a business to have an online data backup service and online data storage so that such incidents are not repeated.
An efficient and effective data plan can save companies from big disasters. If this company had an effective data storage plan, things would have been much better. Online data storage allows companies as well as individuals to store their important data online on a server which is located at an offsite location.
Data that is stored on the server is absolutely safe and secure. Data is transferred to the server in an encrypted form, thus ensuring security and integrity.
