"Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt" is the message, after more CD-ROM database woes

"The News of the World has revealed that a former contractor for the Department for Work and Pensions had two CD-ROMs containing details of thousands of benefit claimants in her possession for more than a year," said Calum Macleod, European Director with Cyber-Ark.

"Coming so soon after the HMRC CD-ROM Fiasco, this highlights several errors of procedure within a number of government departments. It also highlights the need for all organizations, whether public or private sector, to control who has access to their data encrypt their company and client databases," he added.