Lawyers, risk managers, and IT experts were struck this week the seemingly impossibility of complying with the law of privacy and security when the US government’s NSA and other countries are undermining or out-right sabotaging their efforts at every turn.
In another disclosure that has left the highest levels of industry experts “gobsmacked”, Pro Publica.com has reported on new Snowden disclosures that include:
- The NSA has secretly and successfully worked to break many types of encryption, the widely used technology that is supposed to make it impossible to read intercepted communications.
- Referring to the NSA’s efforts, a 2010 British document stated: “Vast amounts of encrypted Internet data are now exploitable.” Another British memo said: “Those not already briefed were gobsmacked!”
- The NSA has worked with American and foreign tech companies to introduce weaknesses into commercial encryption products, allowing backdoor access to data that users believe is secure.
- The NSA has deliberately weakened the international encryption standards adopted by developers around the globe.
For full details of the importance of these disclosures to your privacy and security efforts, go to www.propublica.org/article/the-nsas-secret-campaign-to-crack-undermine-internet-encryption” CLICK HERE