Government faces call for IT security review

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Nearly 2,000 items of IT equipment lost or stolen since 1997, claims MP

1,660 government laptops went missing The Scottish National Party has called for a wide ranging review of the security of government data and IT assets in the wake of culture secretary Andy Burnh...

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