Security in the News
SECURITY IN THE NEWS
Professional Practices Online Course (MGMT6051)
3 June 2014
Security In The News
The latest security leaks coming from Edward Snowden, American whistleblower, dissident and fugitive who was reportedly obtained millions of documents from his former employer National Security Agency (NSA)1, reveal the amount of hypocrisy American officials have being portraying in dealing with alleged cyber security issues in recent years.
United States Government has made a public case about the dangers of buying Information Technology equipment from the largest Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, however revelations by Snowden show that NSA was actually creating its own backdoors directly into Huwaei's networks2. The agency has successfully hacked into the company's Chinese headquarters , and obtained information about the workings of giant routers and complex digital switches that are used to connect a third of the worlds' population to the internet, and also monitored communications of all company executives3.
Operation was code-named "Shotgiant," and aim was to find links between Huawei Corp and Chinese People Liberation Army4. However, plans went further into exploiting technology so that when Huawei sold their IT equipment to other countries, both allied and non-allied, the NSA could freely browse through foreign computer and telephone networks to conduct unlimited surveillance5.
All of this raises another important question beside legitimacy of these actions all together. Is NSA also involved in classic corporate espionage in order to help US based companies of choice to perhaps improve their technological competitive levels in both domestic and international markets?
A White House official, Caitlin M. Hayden, stated the flowing: " We do not give intelligence we collect to U.S. companies to enhance their international competitiveness or increase their bottom line. Many countries cannot say the same.6" While American and Chinese
Professional Practices Online Course (MGMT6051)
3 June 2014
Security In The News
The latest security leaks coming from Edward Snowden, American whistleblower, dissident and fugitive who was reportedly obtained millions of documents from his former employer National Security Agency (NSA)1, reveal the amount of hypocrisy American officials have being portraying in dealing with alleged cyber security issues in recent years.
United States Government has made a public case about the dangers of buying Information Technology equipment from the largest Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, however revelations by Snowden show that NSA was actually creating its own backdoors directly into Huwaei's networks2. The agency has successfully hacked into the company's Chinese headquarters , and obtained information about the workings of giant routers and complex digital switches that are used to connect a third of the worlds' population to the internet, and also monitored communications of all company executives3.
Operation was code-named "Shotgiant," and aim was to find links between Huawei Corp and Chinese People Liberation Army4. However, plans went further into exploiting technology so that when Huawei sold their IT equipment to other countries, both allied and non-allied, the NSA could freely browse through foreign computer and telephone networks to conduct unlimited surveillance5.
All of this raises another important question beside legitimacy of these actions all together. Is NSA also involved in classic corporate espionage in order to help US based companies of choice to perhaps improve their technological competitive levels in both domestic and international markets?
A White House official, Caitlin M. Hayden, stated the flowing: " We do not give intelligence we collect to U.S. companies to enhance their international competitiveness or increase their bottom line. Many countries cannot say the same.6" While American and Chinese