On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah<[email protected]> wrote: > Am I behind? This seems appalling. > > I first found mention of this in Randy Cassingham's "This is True" > newsletter, but > it appears to be true. > > The IT systems in the City of Los Angeles are antiquated. Soution? Move its > email and records, sensitive data such as arrest records, to Google. > > Google says other cities are thinking of it, and Washington D.C. is doing it.
I'm not surprised. It brings up the possibility of tremendous cost savings in hardware, licenses, and staff (more job cuts), but there are concerns over retention limits (which vary from one agency to another), confidentiality, and liability for private information (such as that covered by HIPAA) being leaked. But for some, the cost savings outweigh the potential downsides. -- Jarrod Frates GAWN, GCIH _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
