I strongly encourage all veterans to visit the announcement page issued by the Veteran’s Administration that explains how a VA data analyst lost 26.5 million veteran records to a common thief. What the article does not explain is why the data was not encrypted. Today, it's common practice to ensure that data is encrypted on any system that can be stolen (a laptop or an external or removable drive).
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