I was talking to someone yesterday about a similar thing. He sells a new filing solution to clients such as banks and pharmacuetical companies. He said that they are working with a client right now (a very presitgious company) and they are missing well over 3,000 sensitive files!

Think about it... those files contain information about us - from our SS# on down. Its too easy for someone to grab hold of that info and "become" you. I know this isn't as scary as a national threat with atomic weapons, but I mention it because companies are so lax about filing, and keeping tabs on where files are. Its SO easy with today's technlogy to code everything within a file, and it would be immediately obvious that it was missing from the folder - or that the folder was absent! But companies don't want to go to the "hassle" and expense to update and coordinate their files at the start. I think its time we do, or we're in some serious trouble in the next few years, as thives become more daring about stealing intellectual property.