A portable drive containing personal information on more than 207,000 U.S. Marines is missing. The data on the drive includes names, Social Security numbers and enlistment contract details for those on active duty between January 2001 and December 2005. The drive was being used at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., as part of a research project. School officials were alerted to the data loss on March 14, and the affected Marines were informed 10 days later.

IT governance book download available

The nonprofit IT Governance Institute has released new guidance on information security governance for CEOs, boards and security professionals. Available as a free download at www.itgi.org, the book describes 15 elements of a comprehensive security program and six benefits of good information-security governance.

McAfee bug patched

A vulnerability in McAfee Inc.'s e-mail filtering software could allow unwanted code to run on a computer, but a patch should fix the problem, according to a security advisory. The bug lies in McAfee's WebShield SMTP 4.5 MR1a release for Windows.