Quick Post. I just read that laptops were stolen from one of our Belgian ministries. According to the ministry, the data was safe because it was backed up to a central server. That server was not comprimised and all sensitive data was stored there. I sure hope they also thought about encrypting the laptop hard drives and/or used some kind of DLP system to prevent data to be copied locally on the laptops. If not, the central backup won’t guarantee that no sensitive data was stolen. Availability in the form of backups is just covering one letter of the CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) Triad which forms the core of Information Security.