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There's quite a complex set of processes behind the way HM Government systems are managed. They can't just throw backups away, they have to prove that they've b
by iuguy 16y ago
There's quite a complex set of processes behind the way HM Government systems are managed. They can't just throw backups away, they have to prove that they've been disposed of in-line with HMG policy.
As for guarantees, there are no more than there would be that someone at Google hasn't done that, but what HMG does have is a fairly strong vetting standard, that these people will be under.
- epo 16y agoThe 'proof' is just a form being filled in, I doubt there is a government overseer who does a directory listing and then observes the destruction of that specific drive. And none of this theatre can rectify historic breaches.
- iuguy 16y agoWhere do you get the idea that this is just a case of filling a form in?