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To: Old Retired Army Guy
"If so, she has a Top Secret Clearance but we don’t know what access she is authorized."

Regardless, it should not be on her personal computer. I'm sure a lot of the cyber security regs have changed since I was in, but even then, there was a long and lengthy process to have a government computer accredited for classified info. I'm not sure if there even were any provisions for a personal computer to be accredited.

15 posted on 11/14/2012 5:48:02 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack
"there was a long and lengthy process to have a government computer accredited for classified info. I'm not sure if there even were any provisions for a personal computer to be accredited"

I had a key technical position with a global data company. I had to use a company issued laptop and couldn't:
- access any type of web mail
- un/install any software
- change security settings
- could not plug in any external memory devices
- and the hard drive was encrypted and wouldn't work without a wireless USB key that picked up new hash codes every few minutes.

And this wasn't classified national security intel - I just potentially had access to company plans and technical artifacts, maybe some personnel info.

33 posted on 11/14/2012 6:50:10 AM PST by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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