A US Federal judge is ordering Apple to open the encryption on iPhones belonging to the San Bernadino shooters, disabling the lock and enabling the FBI to access “relevant… critical data.”Philip Lieberman, president and CEO of Lieberman Software have the following comments on it.
[su_note note_color=”#ffffcc” text_color=”#00000″]Philip Lieberman, President of Lieberman Software :
“It is well known that both the phone carriers and manufacturer of locked cell phones maintain their own set of keys within their publicly declared walled gardens to the devices they sell. This barrier to competition and their ability to select winners and losers in their app store as well as patch/improve their operating system at any time, is also the back door they have to get into any phone their wish and do as they wish at any time irrespective of a client’s wish to maintain privacy or security. It will be interesting to see how all parties respond to a Federal order to comply with a lawful order designed to counter terrorism.”[/su_note]
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Lieberman Software proactively stops cyber attacks that bypass conventional enterprise defenses and penetrate the network perimeter. The company provides award-winning privilege management and security management products to more than 1,400 customers worldwide, including nearly half of the US Fortune 50. By automatically securing privileged access – both on-premises and in the cloud – Lieberman Software controls access to systems with sensitive data, and defends against malicious insiders, zero day attacks and other advanced cyber threats. Lieberman Software is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with offices and channel partners located around the world.[/su_box]
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