Monday, October 14, 2013

Brazilian government to ditch Microsoft in favour of bespoke email system

<p>Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff announced yesterday (13) her request to deploy a secure electronic communications system aimed at strengthening privacy and avoiding spying of communications across federal government bodies.</p><p>"I have mandated the deployment of a secure email system throughout the federal government," the president tweeted. She added that this is "the first step to expand privacy and inviolability of official messages."</p><p>The Brazilian data processing body Serpro is responsible for the development of the platform, which has been procured following the news that communications between Rousseff and her key aides have been monitored by the US National Secutity Agency (NSA).</p><p>"A more secure messaging system is needed to prevent possible spying," Rousseff posted on Twitter.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/brazilian-government-to-ditch-microsoft-in-favour-of-bespoke-email-system-7000021929/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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