Posted on Mar 17, 2017
When on the road with a Highly Secure laptop, how do you communicate with folks back home? Do you bring a personal laptop with you?
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Why not just take your smart phone for commo back to the home? The spelling can have problems and does not have to be perfect from a cell phone.
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SGM (Join to see)
Although you do know the bad guys won't have any compunction about monitoring your personal smartphone, reading those e-mails, listening to those calls, tracking where you are, and so forth. They can either follow you to get to the classified laptop you're carrying or just to get to you. It also depends on how much OPSEC discipline you use on your personal smartphone. My bet is - not very much.
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There is no need to take classified briefings anywhere. Send via SIPR or JWICS to the place of your briefing or meeting. I just can not see every approving travel of something that can be sent in classified email. Gone are the days of classified paper traveling. Let's use technology smartly.
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use your cell phone , personal computer, hard line telephone, but never the secure la[p top that's just asking for time in jail
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I always hated carrying a classified capable laptop. I had to do it rarely when I was a contractor and never as an Army Civilian. IMO, it was more of a pain than carrying actual classified documents, especially on international flights. With the double wrapped documents, most TSA and customs types would look at the carry letter nod their head, and pass you along. I always felt like the classified computer was too much of a temptation for foreign customs agents to have a chance to mess with you. I always imagined the overly polite ROK customs guy saying, "Please, turn on, we know it real computer?" Luckily it never happened.
I also carried an unclassified official laptop on these trips. I never had a problem using a web browser to sign into my personal e-mail account. Most of those personal e-mails were checking in with the wife or equally mundane stuff. This kept my personal e-mail separate from my Government account that I accesses using a VPN and CAC.
I also carried an unclassified official laptop on these trips. I never had a problem using a web browser to sign into my personal e-mail account. Most of those personal e-mails were checking in with the wife or equally mundane stuff. This kept my personal e-mail separate from my Government account that I accesses using a VPN and CAC.
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SPC Erich Guenther
Yeah this is my first and I am always worrying about it. It is not really Classified or Top Secret but has access to most Executive Branch IT systems so it is considered "sensitive" and I had to go through a very extensive background check to get it including sit down interviews with my next door neighbors. My activities on it are monitored and I have to submit a request to management for a password to change the locked down configuration and when I do that I am monitored and changes made reported on. It's horrible....lol.
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Lt Col Jim Coe
SPC Erich Guenther - Make sure the cyber security folks talk with you about taking the computer through TSA or customs. You need to have a 24 X 7 number you can call if some US for foreign customs person wants to see the computer work.
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SPC Erich Guenther
Lt Col Jim Coe - Thanks, I am restricted to US travel only with it and I would never take it to another country. Additionally, I can only stay in specific hotels they approve of.
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