“With a growing volume of data loss incidents occurring, businesses have to recognise the value of their data and the controls required around it. Effective data protection requires clear data classification so appropriate practices can be applied. The Government already had both of these in place, putting it in a more advanced position than most in managing data usage but human mistakes are a challenge every business or organisation face. Recent research from McAfee Data Protection (formerly SafeBoot) show that 98 per cent of UK office workers don’t see the protection of corporate electronic data as their responsibility, this is an attitude that needs to be changed. Whilst technology can always provide a back up, employees need to be educated about why they should be careful with data and usage policies are needed to enforce good data protection practices.”