http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2012/09/pact-sends-highly-sensitive-spy-agency-data-cloud/58049/ By Aliya Sternstein Nextgov September 12, 2012 The Homeland Security Department and a U.S. espionage satellite agency are moving highly sensitive data to the cloud, through a project with CIA venture funding arm In-Q-Tel and Web startup Huddle. On Wednesday, officials with the London-based company said the effort also involves other undisclosed intelligence agencies. Huddle’s online collaboration service enables personnel to locate and create files with colleagues internally as well as externally at partner departments. Huddle officials were not at liberty to discuss whether DHS, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency or the others are using the software to share documents with one another. CEO Alastair Mitchell would say only that “Huddle is a collaborative tool designed to work between agencies, and where that is allowed, we would seek to deliver that.” He added, “this is really happening. It’s a combination of the demand being there from customers [and firms] like Huddle being mature enough to deliver across agencies.” [...] -- #HITB2012KUL - The 10TH ANNUAL HITB Security Conference in Malaysia with no keynotes, no labs - just three tracks filled with our most popular speakers from the last decade: http://conference.hitb.org/Received on Thu Sep 13 2012 - 00:09:09 PDT
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