❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the theft of government laptops and PDAs from the Department of Agriculture and Food, including details on value, data security, reporting, and preventative measures. The response indicates thefts occurred but no sensitive data was compromised.
AnsweredQoN 5855Legislative Council
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(1) How many laptop, notebook and palm computers were reported stolen in the six months to 31 December 2007?
(2) What was the total value of these computers?
(3) Did any contain information that could be regarded as sensitive?
(4) What steps have been taken to ensure that any commercial or other sensitive information was not compromised?
(5) Was the loss or theft of any of these laptops, notebooks or palm computers reported to the police?
(6) If yes to (5), when?
(7) Of those reported, what has been the outcome?
(8) If any were not reported, why not?
(9) What steps have been taken with a view to eliminating, or at least reducing, these losses or thefts?
(10) When were these steps put in place?
(2) What was the total value of these computers?
(3) Did any contain information that could be regarded as sensitive?
(4) What steps have been taken to ensure that any commercial or other sensitive information was not compromised?
(5) Was the loss or theft of any of these laptops, notebooks or palm computers reported to the police?
(6) If yes to (5), when?
(7) Of those reported, what has been the outcome?
(8) If any were not reported, why not?
(9) What steps have been taken with a view to eliminating, or at least reducing, these losses or thefts?
(10) When were these steps put in place?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
17 March 2008
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
27 days
Ministerial Office
(1) Nil
(2-10) Not applicable
Department of Agriculture and Food
(1) 6 Laptops and 2 PDAs
(2) Total written down value is $11,791
(3) There are no reports to indicate that there was any sensitive information residing on the stolen laptops
(4) All lap tops have a BIO password and a different access password. It is extremely difficult to access the information on the laptops
(5) Yes
(6) As soon as they were discovered
(7) None have been recovered to date
(8) Not applicable
(9) The department has in place strategies to ensure the appropriate level of safeguard to Departmental assets. These strategies encompass and are not limited to corporate policies and procedures, corporate inductions, personnel structure of asset accountabilities and responsibilities, electronic security on laptop hard disks, inscription of Departmental identifiers on assets and locks for localised desk security
(10) These strategies have been incrementally developed over the last 10 years and continue to be enhanced.
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(1) Nil
(2-10) Not applicable
Department of Agriculture and Food
(1) 6 Laptops and 2 PDAs
(2) Total written down value is $11,791
(3) There are no reports to indicate that there was any sensitive information residing on the stolen laptops
(4) All lap tops have a BIO password and a different access password. It is extremely difficult to access the information on the laptops
(5) Yes
(6) As soon as they were discovered
(7) None have been recovered to date
(8) Not applicable
(9) The department has in place strategies to ensure the appropriate level of safeguard to Departmental assets. These strategies encompass and are not limited to corporate policies and procedures, corporate inductions, personnel structure of asset accountabilities and responsibilities, electronic security on laptop hard disks, inscription of Departmental identifiers on assets and locks for localised desk security
(10) These strategies have been incrementally developed over the last 10 years and continue to be enhanced.
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