A University Data Breach Informed Statewide Policymakers. 1 Prohibition Emerged.

Washington State University kept sensitive personal information on a backup disk locked in a $159 safe in a small safe in a storage unit.

The WSU storage unit was burlagized, and was the only unit burgalarized.

The takeaway for policy makers: Do not allow state institutions to store personal data in storage units. 

Common sense governing. Better late than never.

Government Technology | Washington State University Data Breach Teaches Valuable Cybersecurity Lesson (Editorial)