PJC Journal – Original

Where is Gordon the cry goes out. The Newspapers are asking,
the bloggers are asking, the Party workers and fellow Ministers are asking, where is Gordon?, why is
he not here to lead us? 

The past months have taken a lot out of Gordon, formulating
his last budget, organising and running the failed election campaign in Scotland,
but this is the man who has long aspired to be the next prime minister.

Has he reached that point in his career where he must now
make decisions, that point that each and every one of us at some stage in our
lives reaches, where we know that the one step, the next step up is not for us,
that inside we know that we just couldn’t do the job, at least not without make
a total fool of ourselves, it would be a step too far, way beyond our comfort
zone. 

Is he ready to step into the big boys shoes, and lead
Britain, or has he really reached his natural limit, and like a frightened
schoolboy stands in the corner of the biggest classroom wetting himself at the
prospect of being propelled into the limelight, being visible to the nation, to
face the questions, the ridicule and the jokes that are part and parcel of the
office.

The man who has been variously described as being seriously physiologically
flawed, a man with Stalinist tendencies has just reached his crossroads. So
just what is this secretive micro-manager doing. 

It is possible that we may rue the day we called for Brown to take on Blair’s
mantle, for we may ultimately be faced with a much more dire and darker Brown,
and watch him come out fighting taking Britain
by storm. A Brown with tendencies that are more Stalinist than we ever
imagined, plunging Britain into a time of darkness and despair not seen of anyone
in a position of power in this country since Oliver Cromwell.

The tools are all in place, the laws which would allow such
authoritarian control have been carefully nurtured over the past 10 years. Will
this man pick them up and use them against the people of Britain,
or put them back in the shed to let them rust. 

We can only wait and see which Brown we will get, or
ultimately, if he does decide that he has reached his natural limit of ability,
will we see him run away, to take the easy way out of the mess that he has helped
to create, in the same fashion as John Reid.

NuLab – Destroying Britain
from the inside out.

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Where is Gordon the cry goes out. The Newspapers are asking,
the bloggers are asking, the Party workers and fellow Ministers are asking, where is Gordon?, why is
he not here to lead us? 

The past months have taken a lot out of Gordon, formulating
his last budget, organising and running the failed election campaign in Scotland,
but this is the man who has long aspired to be the next prime minister.

Has he reached that point in his career where he must now
make decisions, that point that each and every one of us at some stage in our
lives reaches, where we know that the one step, the next step up is not for us,
that inside we know that we just couldn’t do the job, at least not without make
a total fool of ourselves, it would be a step too far, way beyond our comfort
zone. 

Is he ready to step into the big boys shoes, and lead
Britain, or has he really reached his natural limit, and like a frightened
schoolboy stands in the corner of the biggest classroom wetting himself at the
prospect of being propelled into the limelight, being visible to the nation, to
face the questions, the ridicule and the jokes that are part and parcel of the
office.

The man who has been variously described as being seriously physiologically
flawed, a man with Stalinist tendencies has just reached his crossroads. So
just what is this secretive micro-manager doing. 

It is possible that we may rue the day we called for Brown to take on Blair’s
mantle, for we may ultimately be faced with a much more dire and darker Brown,
and watch him come out fighting taking Britain
by storm. A Brown with tendencies that are more Stalinist than we ever
imagined, plunging Britain into a time of darkness and despair not seen of anyone
in a position of power in this country since Oliver Cromwell.

The tools are all in place, the laws which would allow such
authoritarian control have been carefully nurtured over the past 10 years. Will
this man pick them up and use them against the people of Britain,
or put them back in the shed to let them rust. 

We can only wait and see which Brown we will get, or
ultimately, if he does decide that he has reached his natural limit of ability,
will we see him run away, to take the easy way out of the mess that he has helped
to create, in the same fashion as John Reid.

NuLab – Destroying Britain
from the inside out.

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Over the past few months, on
both sides of the Atlantic there have been multiple revelations of massive
security breaches where sensitive and personal data has been stolen or revealed
to the public at large, breaches by hackers, banks throwing data in bins, PC’s
being stolen, government databases being hacked, insiders selling information or
details sold by DVLA.  

Government especially needs
to be more aware, as they hold some of the most sensitive data on you and me,
and the number of government breaches is going up, not least the latest NHS
scandal with the MTAS system which revealed details including name, address,
age, religion, sexuality, criminal records (if they had any), and their
references. (although this begs the questions as to why the government would
want details of their religion, sexuality etc).

More importantly it means that
this data also been exposed to the criminal elements of the world, who would most
likely use it for fraudulent purposes. 

Some of that sensitive data
may be personal data that can be used to uniquely identify a person, such as
their Social Security Number or driver’s license number. If a person obtains
sufficient personal data on an individual, they can perform identity theft,
impersonating that individual in order to fraudulently open accounts, obtain
credit cards, etc. It can take the individual whose identity was stolen a long
time to get things straightened out, and during that time their credit history
is tarnished, lives are ruined, businesses destroyed.

The Government needs to
understand, and act upon the fact that it is not us, the public, who are to
blame for the levels of fraud, but indeed it is themselves and business who do
not secure the data that they hold on us, that is causing the levels of crime
and fraud that are part of our everyday lives.

Yes, Government departments, Banks and Businesses who hold our data are responsible for the fraud, they are the cause, they are the ones who are not being responsible with our personal data. 

Until the Government and
Business can be trusted with the data they hold on us, then the arguments
for an ID card, ePassports and most importantly the NIR are redundant, and
any moves to force people to participate in these schemes are both divisive and
dangerous, as there is so much stolen data in the wrong hands that the
fraudsters will be queuing up to get the first ID Cards.

Before any compulsory moves
are made, both Government and Business need to prove to the populous that they can be trusted to hold this data,
and in that we need a series of laws that force government departments, agencies
and all business to report publicly any breaches of data security, and those
responsible are held to account.

Such moves are already
underway in the US, where The Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), a lobbying group
comprised of a number of security vendors, is pressing Congressional
legislators to pass a law governing disclosure in the event of a data security
breach.

In the CSIA's
annual report, the group criticized Congress for failing to pass a
comprehensive data security law in 2006 requiring companies with data breaches
to notify victims.

There can be few people in
the UK today who have not been touched by a breach in one
way or another, so I believe that such a legislative move is long overdue here
in the UK, if trust
is ever going to be a word associated with Government and business again.

Today, the trust is not there, we do not believe what they say, we do not trust what they do.

p.s. With regard to the NHS MTAS system. Any unprotected system that is put on an internet facing connection, without adequate security in place is attacked by the first hackers on average during the first 15-30 seconds of it being made available.

Any Government official who tries to downplay its importance or indicates that it was only very minor, or that no-one knew it was there because it was not advertised on the net needs their head examined, and the dangers of the internet very severely pointing out to them. (perhaps by placing all of their personal details on an unprotected machine, and connecting it to the internet).

Say NO to ID Cards, Say NO to the database state.

Over the past few months, on
both sides of the Atlantic there have been multiple revelations of massive
security breaches where sensitive and personal data has been stolen or revealed
to the public at large, breaches by hackers, banks throwing data in bins, PC’s
being stolen, government databases being hacked, insiders selling information or
details sold by DVLA.  

Government especially needs
to be more aware, as they hold some of the most sensitive data on you and me,
and the number of government breaches is going up, not least the latest NHS
scandal with the MTAS system which revealed details including name, address,
age, religion, sexuality, criminal records (if they had any), and their
references. (although this begs the questions as to why the government would
want details of their religion, sexuality etc).

More importantly it means that
this data also been exposed to the criminal elements of the world, who would most
likely use it for fraudulent purposes. 

Some of that sensitive data
may be personal data that can be used to uniquely identify a person, such as
their Social Security Number or driver’s license number. If a person obtains
sufficient personal data on an individual, they can perform identity theft,
impersonating that individual in order to fraudulently open accounts, obtain
credit cards, etc. It can take the individual whose identity was stolen a long
time to get things straightened out, and during that time their credit history
is tarnished, lives are ruined, businesses destroyed.

The Government needs to
understand, and act upon the fact that it is not us, the public, who are to
blame for the levels of fraud, but indeed it is themselves and business who do
not secure the data that they hold on us, that is causing the levels of crime
and fraud that are part of our everyday lives.

Yes, Government departments, Banks and Businesses who hold our data are responsible for the fraud, they are the cause, they are the ones who are not being responsible with our personal data. 

Until the Government and
Business can be trusted with the data they hold on us, then the arguments
for an ID card, ePassports and most importantly the NIR are redundant, and
any moves to force people to participate in these schemes are both divisive and
dangerous, as there is so much stolen data in the wrong hands that the
fraudsters will be queuing up to get the first ID Cards.

Before any compulsory moves
are made, both Government and Business need to prove to the populous that they can be trusted to hold this data,
and in that we need a series of laws that force government departments, agencies
and all business to report publicly any breaches of data security, and those
responsible are held to account.

Such moves are already
underway in the US, where The Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), a lobbying group
comprised of a number of security vendors, is pressing Congressional
legislators to pass a law governing disclosure in the event of a data security
breach.

In the CSIA's
annual report, the group criticized Congress for failing to pass a
comprehensive data security law in 2006 requiring companies with data breaches
to notify victims.

There can be few people in
the UK today who have not been touched by a breach in one
way or another, so I believe that such a legislative move is long overdue here
in the UK, if trust
is ever going to be a word associated with Government and business again.

Today, the trust is not there, we do not believe what they say, we do not trust what they do.

p.s. With regard to the NHS MTAS system. Any unprotected system that is put on an internet facing connection, without adequate security in place is attacked by the first hackers on average during the first 15-30 seconds of it being made available.

Any Government official who tries to downplay its importance or indicates that it was only very minor, or that no-one knew it was there because it was not advertised on the net needs their head examined, and the dangers of the internet very severely pointing out to them. (perhaps by placing all of their personal details on an unprotected machine, and connecting it to the internet).

Say NO to ID Cards, Say NO to the database state.

May 04, 2007 (Computerworld)
– The federal agency responsible for securing the nation's airports said today
that it can't find an external hard drive packed with the personal records of
about 100,000 current and former employees.

Authorities at the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) noticed the drive missing yesterday, but aren't
certain where it is. “It is unclear at this stage whether the device is
still within headquarters or was stolen,” the agency said.

Assuming that the drive was in fact stolen — it went missing from what was
called a “controlled area” at TSA
headquarters in Washington D.C. — officials have asked the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service to investigate.

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