Frauds resulting from failure to maintain password security - reg.

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..... All Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev.). All Chief Commissioners of Customs Central Excise. All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev.). All Commissioners of Customs Central Excise. Subject: Frauds resulting from failure to maintain password security - reg. *** Sir/Madam, On a number of occasions, there have been frauds reported in the various Customs ED .....

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..... ordinates. You would agree that the biggest threat to security of an electronic system comes from password compromise and sharing of password. In effect, when an officer shares his password with anybody, he has to, without doubt, be regarded as being in collusion in the fraud that results. The fact that only a few officers have been punished, and that too, not adequately, for password breach may .....

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..... peditiously. It should be made clear to all the officers that maintenance of password security is the sole and individual responsibility of each officer and any breach will make them liable to disciplinary action resulting even in dismissal from the Government service. Yours faithfully, Sd. /- (Kameswari Subramanian) Joint Secretary to the Government of India - Circular .....

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