❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on lost/stolen laptops from the Agriculture and Food, Forestry, and Education portfolios. The response details losses from Agriculture and Food, security measures, and police reports.
AnsweredQoN 1550Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 September 2009
Member
Portfolio
Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Minister Assisting the Minister for Education
QuestionView source ↗
(1) How many laptop, notebook and palm computers from each department and agency within the Minister’s portfolios have been reported lost or stolen for the six months to 30 June 2009?
(2) What was the total value of the computers that were lost or stolen?
(3) Did any of these computers contain information that could be regarded as sensitive?
(4) What steps have been taken to ensure that any commercial or sensitive information was not compromised?
(5) Was the loss or theft of any of these computers reported to the police?
(6) If yes to (5), when were these reports made?
(7) Of those reported, what has been the outcome?
(8) If any were not reported to the police, why not?
(9) What steps, if any, have been put into place with a view to eliminating, or at least reducing, these losses?
(10) When were these steps put into place?
(2) What was the total value of the computers that were lost or stolen?
(3) Did any of these computers contain information that could be regarded as sensitive?
(4) What steps have been taken to ensure that any commercial or sensitive information was not compromised?
(5) Was the loss or theft of any of these computers reported to the police?
(6) If yes to (5), when were these reports made?
(7) Of those reported, what has been the outcome?
(8) If any were not reported to the police, why not?
(9) What steps, if any, have been put into place with a view to eliminating, or at least reducing, these losses?
(10) When were these steps put into place?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
21 October 2009
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Minister Assisting the Minister for Education
Response time
29 days
Agriculture and Food:
(1) Equipment Stolen: 3 laptops
Equipment Lost: Nil
(2) $6480.00
(3) There are no reports to indicate that there was any sensitive information residing on the stolen laptops.
(4) All laptops have a BIO password and a different access password.
(5) Yes
(6) 26 January 2009; 15 March 2009; 17 April 2009
(7) None have been received 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 11 years and continue to be enhanced.
Forestry:
(1) Equipment stolen: Nil
Equipment lost: Nil
(2-10) Not applicable
Assisting the Minister for Education
:
(1-10) Answer to be provided by the Minister for Education.
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(1) Equipment Stolen: 3 laptops
Equipment Lost: Nil
(2) $6480.00
(3) There are no reports to indicate that there was any sensitive information residing on the stolen laptops.
(4) All laptops have a BIO password and a different access password.
(5) Yes
(6) 26 January 2009; 15 March 2009; 17 April 2009
(7) None have been received 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 11 years and continue to be enhanced.
Forestry:
(1) Equipment stolen: Nil
Equipment lost: Nil
(2-10) Not applicable
Assisting the Minister for Education
:
(1-10) Answer to be provided by the Minister for Education.
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