Wireless email security compromised

October 21st, 2006 at 13:33 · Filed Under Call Me a Geek 

Yesterday I went out (and drove) alone for the first time after my eye surgery to meet up with a client and to get some chores done. After all these running about, I met up with my co-workers who were on their way back to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore. Together with them, tucked a young IT executive, Darren, together with his brand new Mac Book Pro. Darren was a fresh graduate from Malaysia. We went to have some drinks at Coffee Beans at Mahkota Parade.

After we ordered some drinks, Darren took out his shining Mac Book Pro and began downloading emails. Because my team was on a project involving Darren and his client, he willingly shared with us the email from his client. The email contained some confidential information about their project in plain text. Because of my involvement in the security issues of the project, I asked Darren if his email is secured. To my surprised, he told me it was not necessary to be secured because it was difficult to hack on wireless. Oh my god!

I quickly lectured my team and Darren about security and setup secured wireless email on his Mac Book Pro. Security is utmost priority in this project. If the security has been compromised, the contract will be terminated immediately.

I think it’s time for me to raise awareness of wireless email security. Read on.

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