From the article you linked
"During the hearings, Nicholson pledged new initiatives to protect private information, saying he ordered that no personal laptop would be allowed to access the VA network. About 35,000 VA employees have that clearance, although not all have access to veterans' personal information."
It's frightening to think that the public company that I work far has far more stringent security policies than the VA.
There is no way in hell that a personal computer would be allowed to access our corporate network.
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