Crown Prosecution Service suffered 1,627 data security incidents in 2019-20

By Jay Jay for teiss
Friday, October 9, 2020

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The Crown Prosecution Service announced in its Annual Report today that it suffered a total of 1,627 data security incidents in 2019-20, out of which 1,463 incidents involved the unauthorised disclosure of personal and department records by employees.

Commenting on the figures revealed by the Crown Prosecution Service, Ilia Kolochenko, Founder & CEO of ImmuniWeb, said that like most of the law enforcement services, CPS is considerably understaffed and underfunded for its in-house data protection and cybersecurity, and the unprecedented havoc caused by the pandemic has exacerbated the situation with rapid growth and complication of the threat landscape.

“Cybersecurity personnel are already exhausted and overcharged with mushrooming problems, and they simply cannot police every single employee and subcontractor of the CPS who has privileged access to some sensitive data.

“To tackle the issue, the government should urgently re-evaluate the financial needs of its law protection agencies and adjust the funding to reality. Otherwise, one day the most sensitive national data will become public and trigger a parade of horrors – from a tsunami of lawsuits to hundreds of suicides,” he added. Read Full Article