Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can be viewed; if a system of whole disk encryption has been rolled out to all laptops in his Department; the date by which he expects a satisfactory security policy on portable electronic data devices to have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32405/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has a risk-based security policy for the operation of the Department's computer systems. The policy document is updated as required to cope with new security threats, to specify the general needs of new systems categories, to reflect new thinking on architectures, to take on new possibilities etc. Examples of security policy updates currently being implemented are encryption of portable laptop and memory stick electronic data devices and the facility to immediately erase all corporate emails and data from mobile email devices should such a device be reported lost or stolen. The policy document has not been published externally. My Department is currently rolling out file-level encryption to all laptops.

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Department-owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from his Department to date in 2008; the number of same later recovered or found; the number still missing; if sensitive or private data was compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32420/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Following is the information requested by the Deputy:

To date in 2008, one memory stick has been reported stolen and has not been recovered. I understand that no sensitive or private data was compromised with the loss of this device.