For The Inter-Mountain
CHARLESTON – A new contract between West Virginia and Google for cloud-based communications and productivity services could open the state up to security issues when transmitting sensitive information, according to our neighbor to the east.
The Virginia Information Technologies Agency’s Supply Chain Management Division put together an overview in May regarding the commonwealth’s messaging environment. The agency expressed concerns about the security of using Google for secure messaging. The document was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
“The messaging environment is not approved by the commonwealth’s security office to transmit sensitive data,” the report stated. “This often becomes challenging for our customers to find alternative solutions.”