Cybersecurity
U.S. Spies Finally Embracing iPhones, Wireless Connections
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency moving to the cloud
- It’s worth the cost of making devices secure, Conner says
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U.S. spies are catching up to the masses in their gradual embrace of 21st-century technology, from installing wireless connections in secure facilities to wielding iPhones and tablets, according to an official with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
“We’d be cutting off our noses to spite our faces by denying us those kinds of tools,” Matt Conner, deputy chief information security officer of the agency, said in an interview.