PDA Security, the Next Big Hurdle for IT?

Jack writes "ITO published an article on a new secure PDA requested by the NSA. 'General Dynamics inked an $18 million contract with the secretive National Security Agency to design and develop a secure mobile personal assistant for defense workers. The PDA will integrate all types of communications including voice, data and web.'" In related news palmtops writes "Insecure Magazine has a great and in-depth article written by Seth Fogie, the VP of Airscanner.com, about Pocket PC security. His summary of PDA attacks states: 'These devices are easy to smuggle into a business and can be used to propagate an attack against network devices. Don't make the mistake of assuming is a PDA is a simple data keeper. As the cliche' goes... it is how you use it that matters.'"

Comments

PDA?

[Ceribia]

I didn't think any one on slashdot had much to worry about when it came to Public Displays of Affection ....

Can't take them seriously...

[TripMaster Monkey]

From the (IN)SECURE article:

This article will examine just some of the ways that a PDA can be owned by an attacker and what can happen as a result.

How are we supposed to take this article seriously, when the author can't even spell 'pwn3d' correctly? ^_^

All donuts are defective

[jurt1235]

All donuts turn out to be defective is shown by extensive research. The random sample taken (500) in several countries, have shown that all donuts have a hole in the middle.

Since the problem is so widespread and since there does not seem to be a regulatory body concerning the properties of a donut, congressional inquiries can almost not be avoided.

In other news: Martha Stewart proposes American Donut Standard Association