Hillary Clinton's email has been in the news lately and because BlackBerry was her device of choice, BlackBerry is in the news. Many have raised questions about the security of using personal email for government business. It sure seems like a personal account would be more susceptible to hacking. According to Politico, Mrs. Clinton's personal BlackBerry could not have been as secure as the government issued BlackBerrys of her subordinates.
According to press accounts, Clinton used her BlackBerry in Vietnam, Brazil and South Korea. She almost certainly used it in other countries as well.
Another problem is simply a matter of the quality and quantity of staff managing the server.
Mrs. Clinton has not yet answered all of the questions related to the technical aspects of her email. She simply noted the server was at home and would remain private. It appears that her effort to keep her email out of the limelight opened it up to serious security risks. If our NSA was targeting emails of heads of states, don't you think Russia and China were targeting our heads of state?
This story is sure to continue as it raises security questions of a top official in the government. I sure with BlackBerry would comment on the security behind her personal BlackBerry. Is BlackBerry confident they cannot be hacked?
The risk of targeted theft of an official’s data is greatest in nations with telecoms that are owned or largely controlled by the government, said Martin Libicki, a cybersecurity expert and senior scientist at the Rand Corporation. That’s because state-aligned hackers could pull any unencrypted data, such as the metadata connected with a phone call, straight off the cell towers.
According to press accounts, Clinton used her BlackBerry in Vietnam, Brazil and South Korea. She almost certainly used it in other countries as well.
Another problem is simply a matter of the quality and quantity of staff managing the server.
Some of the security deficit for Clinton’s BlackBerry can be attributed to predictable differences between an enterprise security system managed by a staff of IT professionals and a homebrew system like Clinton’s, administered by an individual or a small staff, people familiar with BlackBerry enterprise security told POLITICO.
A recent Verizon report, for example, found it takes companies roughly a month on average to discover they’ve been breached, even with complex security and a team of staffers. “For an individual, it could take them forever,” Stephen Perciballi, a systems security engineer who previously worked for Softchoice, a major BlackBerry retailer for government and industry.
A recent Verizon report, for example, found it takes companies roughly a month on average to discover they’ve been breached, even with complex security and a team of staffers. “For an individual, it could take them forever,” Stephen Perciballi, a systems security engineer who previously worked for Softchoice, a major BlackBerry retailer for government and industry.
Mrs. Clinton has not yet answered all of the questions related to the technical aspects of her email. She simply noted the server was at home and would remain private. It appears that her effort to keep her email out of the limelight opened it up to serious security risks. If our NSA was targeting emails of heads of states, don't you think Russia and China were targeting our heads of state?
This story is sure to continue as it raises security questions of a top official in the government. I sure with BlackBerry would comment on the security behind her personal BlackBerry. Is BlackBerry confident they cannot be hacked?