Government agency UKvisas failed to put in place adequate controls when outsourcing work to private firms, risking the security of personal data, an official investigation has found. The report by UKvisas watchdog Linda Costelloe Baker slammed the outsourcing of the UK visa application website to VFS - a firm that was not an IT specialist - along with the poor performance of the firm and the failure to respond adequately when a security breach was first revealed in December 2005. The inquiry was launched after the site was closed down in May this year following publicity over the security scare - in which personal details of visa applicants in India, Nigeria and Russia became accessible to computer hackers. Costelloe Baker said: "Outsourcing may relieve practical burdens, but headquarter functions and abilities need to be expanded accordingly to handle the increased levels of risk. I am not satisfied that UKvisas exercised adequate governance over the outsourcing process in...




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