Government departments recording large numbers of
lost and stolen devices
Freedom of Information requests were submitted to 16 government
departments into the security of devices held by employees
Posted 13 January 2022
NHS Digital recorded a total of 393 lost or stolen devices between September 2020 and September 2021, including 52 mobiles, 19 laptops and three tablets.
The information was uncovered via Freedom of Information (FoI) requests submitted to 16 government departments into the security of devices held by public sector employees by hardware-encrypted USB drive manufacturer, Apricorn.
As part of the 393 devices, NHS Digital says 319 laptops were disposed of. The FoI confirms this, however it states they had to be recorded as lost in addition to the other figures as they did not have a record of the disposal. (Read full article here)