The hack of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management didn’t surprise me. All significant organizations are regularly attacked, and every major federal agency is a big target.

The outrage that followed this potentially preventable attack didn’t surprise me either. But the most likely reason it wasn’t prevented is that few people realize the value of standard personnel records, and they receive little to know protection, until they are compromised.

Unfortunately, the outrage will die away and with it will go the keen awareness that such records are in great need of protection. I hope I’m wrong, but I believe the likelihood of that is almost nonexistent.

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