Pentagon to impose limits on wireless devices
Source: USA TODAY
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wireless soldier may be getting some new strings attached. The Defense Department, concerned that hackers or spies might eavesdrop on classified meetings or secretly track the locations of top U.S. officials, is imposing new limits on its workers use of the latest generation of wireless devices inside military buildings. The new rules will outline new restrictions on civilian and military employees carrying cellular telephones, pagers and handheld computers while working, even devices that employees bought themselves and carry for their personal convenience at work, said John P. Stenbit, the assistant defense secretary for command, control, communications and intelligence.
Stenbit, who also is the Pentagon's chief information officer, disclosed the upcoming rules Tuesday after a technology conference in Washington focusing on security problems of wireless devices. Stenbit said the new rules would be announced within a month.
