Data Security & Privacy

Leak of Afghan War Documents Highlights the Role “People” Play in Data Governance

 
Now that over 90,000 "classified" documents relating to the progress, or lack thereof, of the War in Afghanistan have been disclosed by Wikileaks, many questions have been raised as to what extent the damage has been done to U.S. national security.  The person alleged to have been involved in the leak, Mr. Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst, possibly is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to exactly how this could have happened.  It could safely be argued that the U.S. military has some of the most sophisticated technological devices on the planet, and yet even they are prone to the failures related to people and processes.  As investigations and hearings into this matter ramp up, I believe that it will be shown that there were fundamental breakdowns in areas where the government, specifically the Army, could have been more diligent in securing that information.  The lesson learned here – once again – is that reliance on technology to mitigate the release of mission-critical data is a futile expenditure when viewing it from a totality of circumstances.
 
To read more about the Afghan document leakage, please click here:  Who is the 22 year-old Army analyst at the center of the Wikileaks firestorm?
 

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