[ZDNet] Ditch your personal phones, use govt hardware for state secrets instead, French ministers told

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The French prime minister’s office has issued a note instructing all ministries offices employees not to use consumer mobile devices when dealing with classified and sensitive data. […]

In the circular, revealed by the French magazine L’Express on Wednesday, he highlights that classified information must be discussed only using the Toerem smartphones made by French company Thales. […]

The circular adds that sensitive data must « when possible, remain hosted on the national territory; be only exchanged between devices equipped with relevant security systems » and « be encrypted when exchanged on insecure networks like the internet« . […]

In the circular, Chantepy doesn’t explicitly mention the recent revelations regarding NSA’s PRISM programme as a reason for the increased security. He claims « several IT security breaches » have occurred over « recent months » and that the Anssi « will soon release an IT security policy » to flesh out the circular. […]

http://www.zdnet.com/ditch-your-personal-phones-use-govt-hardware-for-state-secrets-instead-french-ministers-told-7000020599/