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Amid Kam affair: IDF upgrades information security
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 08.04.10, 18:24
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1. Yet I couldn't connect to the web from volunteer base
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (04.08.10)
I did volunteer work at the Tel Hashomer base in '08, but had to defer my email and web activities until the weekends. Yet this woman just walks out the door with sensitive documents and gives them to the press. In the 1990s we experimented with MLS - multi-level security - for our computer systems, but could never get it to work. The CIA and NSA have more resources and expertise than we did, so they use such systems to compartmentalize sensitive information. In the end it always comes down to people and whether one can trust them or not. Kam clearly didn't merit that trust.
2. Security??
Ralph Levy ,   USA   (04.08.10)
As one who has had years of computer development experience I find it appalling that security was so laxed in the IDF. Arn't there security log reports as a small example of some of the security measures that could have been used? http://ralphsrant1.blogspot.com
3. Make sure no one enters military bases
jason white ,   afula,israel   (04.08.10)
or other sensitive places with Mp-3,Mp-4, laptops, flash memory, empty CDs, or cell phones. Any instrument that can be used to download or broadcast should not be allowed in.
4. How to prevent illegal orders reaching Israeli public
Insider   (04.08.10)
It's not a matter of security - it's a matter of illegality.
5. pleading not guilty.....
aline ,   israel   (04.09.10)
will be quite difficult....Indeed this girl knew what she was doing when she copied all this sensitive info!!!!
6. Great idea,close the gates after thehorse has bolted
Amazed ,   Eilat   (04.09.10)
7. the Kam affair - any others?
joe   (04.09.10)
Lax ?---- From low (to none) grade, to medium grade, to upgrade? --- Quite a climb. I suppose that we all learn from past mistakes, failures, experiences. The IDF is no exception.
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