Cloud and BYOD Security Concerns Make Military and Intelligence Agencies Hesitate

Grazed from CIO. Author: Kenneth Corbin.

If the shift to cloud computing and the adoption of BYOD policies seem like an inevitability in the corporate world, they are anything but in the military and intelligence communities.

In a panel discussion Tuesday at a government IT conference, Debora Plunkett, information assurance director at the National Security Agency, joked that she would break out into hives at the mere mention of the term "BYOD." But just as private-sector employees have been clamoring for authorization to bring their iPhones, Androids and other devices into the workplace, federal workers–including those who deal with classified information–have been voicing similar requests…

"We have a–not unexpected at all–a large client set who are just craving for the ability to do the things at work that they do at home. It’s not rocket science," Plunkett said. "It’s really happening across the corporate landscape. That’s where it originated and there is a groundswell of interest and actual implementation in corporate America and the corporate world. And, not surprisingly, what has been proven successful in a corporate environment drives our requirements for the same capabilities in government."…

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