Russia: Government Computers Face Anti-Espionage Restrictions
Matt Siegel writes on The Moscow Times:
President Vladimir Putin has signed a pair of executive orders designed to protect secrets carried on government computer networks from sabotage by insiders by restricting connections between international and domestic computer networks.More here.
The measures, signed Wednesday, restrict the ability of computers with access to "state or official secrets" to connect with networks that travel outside of the country, a move welcomed by computer security analysts.
Alexander Gostev, senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Computer Security in Moscow, praised the law, which he said contained the type of measures his company would recommend to its own clients.
"Filters might solve the problem of attacks from outside hackers but not the problems posed by insiders," Gostev said.
Note: The U.S. Government would be wise to implement a similar policy -ferg
posted by Fergie @ 3/20/2008 03:40:00 PM
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