Engadget | The Pentagon still has to grapple with data security woes despite efforts to harden its sites and networks. Defense Department officials have revealed that a travel record data breach at an unnamed contractor exposed the personal info of military and civilian staffers, including credit cards. As the article points out, institutions are only as secure as the vendors they use. It's unclear how this happened, but in general, implementing the least privilege model is a best practice that can mitigate this kind of risk. (With BetterCloud, you can reduce risk by building
custom admin roles that enforce a least privilege policy in your environment.)