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[ PRIVACY Forum ] NASA Struggles With IT Security,
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NASA Struggles With IT Security, Loses Space Station Code
http://j.mp/wKEDTw (NPR)
"The "algorithms used to command and control the International Space
Station" were lost when an unencrypted NASA laptop computer was stolen
in March 2011. That tidbit came in testimony Wednesday delivered by
NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin as he reported on the space
agency's IT security track record. The loss of the ISS command code
was symbolic of one glaring deficiency: a lack of data encryption on
mobile devices."
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Be sure that you always have a firewall on your personal space station
at all times. Practice safe space computing!
--Lauren--
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