HR360HR360 examines HR in its local, national and globalexamines HR in its local, national and globalpresence. How do other HR executives compare to you. Howpresence. How do other HR executives compare to you. Howdo other local HR executives, providers and professionalsdo other local HR executives, providers and professionalseffect me. Do they effect me. What about the national sceneeffect me. Do they effect me. What about the national sceneand giant global players, start-ups and pretenders. How areand giant global players, start-ups and pretenders. How arewe/they doing? Where did that HRO, ASO, PEO andwe/they doing? Where did that HRO, ASO, PEO andoutsourcing consultant go. Who has the technology tooutsourcing consultant go. Who has the technology toprovide? Who has it and isn't talking about it yet. Theprovide? Who has it and isn't talking about it yet. Theeconomic downturns shattering some but others are soaringeconomic downturns shattering some but others are soaringto new heights, how could they move in opposite directions.to new heights, how could they move in opposite directions.

Global off-shoring of Human Resource information certainlyexposes a user to more threats, yet the savings involved inprocessing of enormous books of payrolls can be very attractive.

Scenario: A local company in which I met the owner of only ninedays ago contacted me with this real situation at 3:45 pm today.I don't know the answer and as you can see his own analysis isleading, yet accurately documented.

Situation: If your employee that is treated for a chronic illness,requires prescriptions for a triple or more combination of drugs totreat a world wide common condition and their combo is of aunusual nature. (Less then 1% of a particular gender areprescribed it.) This employee has been on the medication combofor 5 1/2 years.

The employee works for a firm that contracted the services of anational payroll provider about a year and a half ago. In Januaryof 2009 the payroll firm began a well planned conversion usingoff-shore payroll provisons of particular firms based upon size,geography, demographics, types of occupations, frequency of payand a host of other motivators.

During the last week of March 2009 the employee has begun toreceive telephone solicitations to purchase the drug combo from aanother source, overseas, on the same continent as Offshoreoutsource provider and solicitor can quote type, generics onceused, mg level and specific type and time of applicationfrequency. (one of them can be taken oral, injected or appliedwith a topo-adhesive to forearm).

Question:

How do you suppose this obvious info breach occurred? Where did it occur ?

(just opinion) It will likely never be known, but I'd like to hear some scenarios

I've not thought of.