[Tallguy]

By using non-governmental email systems, "Your information is out there available, beyond the official mechanisms there to protect it," said Amit Yoran, the nation's first cybersecurity chief.

Is it as bad as letting government employees run around with unsecured laptops & ScanDisk Drives loaded with sensitive information? That is done everyday & laptops are lost/compromised everyday.

I agree that government officials should use official email accounts that are archived, but I would be surprised if this goal is anywhere close to being achieved.

[messierhunter]

I agree that government officials should use official email accounts that are archived, but I would be surprised if this goal is anywhere close to being achieved.

Should only apply to work-related email. As a gov employee I too am required to use encrypted systems for sensitive information, but I am not required to use my work email for communicating with co-workers outside of work for non-work related matters. Neither is Palin. The whole story is based on a false premise that the content of the emails was work-related. The MSM is counting on their readers to not examine the content of what is being alleged. Her personal email being breached should theoretically not pose a threat because any communications sent to contacts pretending to be work-related should send up a red flag for the recepient since that was not her usual practice.