Re: [Fed-Talk] BYOD
Re: [Fed-Talk] BYOD
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] BYOD
- From: David Mueller <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:32:48 -0700
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] BYOD
I was thinking not so much about how BYOD policies will evolve using walled
garden apps or VMs, but the currently existing use case of people using AKO
email on their personal devices.
- David
On 9/17/12 5:32 AM, "Miller, Timothy J." <email@hidden> wrote:
> BYOD models are typically built on secured containers; basically walled
> garden apps that use encrypted storage and don't share with other apps
> (unless they share an API). This is easier on iOS than Android and
> Windows Phone/System 7/Whatever-it-is-this-month. Jailbroken devices need
> not apply, and some apps make an attempt to detect jailbroken or rooted
> devices.
>
> A similar model that's coming in the not-so-distant future is to run a
> hypervisor on the bare metal, and boot multiple VMs depending on use; one
> VM is the user's OS, the other is the employer's. This has some
> possibilities, provided a secure hypervisor is used and each VM keeps its
> storage encrypted. Both VMWare and Citrix (among others) are pursuing
> this model. This model has so far been envisioned mainly for laptops, but
> will eventually apply to smartphones as well (hypervisors for handsets is
> an active area of development).
>
> In both models, spillage is (theoretically) handled by wiping the storage
> key and re-provisioning the container. Jurisdiction over personal devices
> isn't a barrier, as it would be modeled on jurisdiction over *contractor*
> devices that's already well-exercised.
>
> Whether or not we (as individuals) think BYOD is good fit for the DoD
> probably doesn't matter, because senior leadership seems to think it is
> (at least for now :).
>
> -- T
>
> On 9/15/12 3:02 AM, "David Mueller" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 9/14/12 1:47 PM, "William Cerniuk" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> The Army stood up secure services, including robust standards based
>>> email, on
>>> ako.us <http://ako.us> .army.mil. I have been using that email system
>>> for some
>>> 10 year, nearly flawless operations, working perfectly with my iPhone,
>>> iPad
>>> and previously worked in clunkyville with my Nokia. At the same time,
>>> the Army
>>> had never paid a dime for my wireless while I worked there.
>>
>> Now what happens when a spillage occurs? The kind that involves someone
>> (inadvertently or otherwise) sends you an email with classified
>> information,
>> not the kind that involves liquid beverages?
>>
>> That's a significant reason I have little interest in doing BYOD in the
>> DoD.
>>
>> - David
>>
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