Cyber Expert Tells Congress Hillary Clinton’s Private Email System Was a Major Security Risk

[Martha Stewart Went To Jail For Much Less]

During a hearing with the House Subcommittees on Research and
Technology and Oversight on Friday, a cybersecurity expert
confirmed to Congress that former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton’s private email account acted as a severe security
threat to the nation.

During the hearing, John B. Wood, the Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman at Telos Corporation, listened to a scenario posed
by Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science Committee, in
which Smith asked if his company would accept the request of a
“senior government official at an executive branch department”
who approached Wood’s company to create a private email account
and server with which to conduct both personal and official
business. In addition, Smith said, this government official
would store all of the emails in a server located in their
private residence.

Following the presentation of this scenario, which was published
in a YouTube video, Smith asked Wood two questions: “Could this
scenario unnecessarily expose classified information to being
hacked?” and “How would your company respond to such a request?”

To the first question, Wood merely answered, “Yes.” To the
second, he said that in response to the official’s request for a
private email account and server, his company “wouldn’t do it …
if for the simple reason that you’re exposing classified data to
— in the open, and at the end of the day, that’s — that would
not be prudent and would also be illegal.”

When Smith asked Wood to elaborate on why it would be “illegal,”
Wood responded, “because the government requirement is … that
all official information be used through … official means,
meaning through government networks.”

In addition to Wood, the committee’s panel of witnesses included
Dr. Martin Casado, senior vice president and general manager of
networking and security business unit at VMWare; Ken Schneider,
vice president of technology strategy at Symantec Corporation;
and Larry Clinton, president and CEO at Internet Security
Alliance.

Following his testimony during the hearing, Wood published an
article on Telos’ website titled “Government Turns to Private
Sector for Cyber Security Insight.” The article, which consists
of further statements that he gave at the hearing, concludes
with this thought: “Defending our nation in cyberspace requires
a long-term national effort and commitment, much like the Space
Race — we have the equivalent of a cyber-race to the moon on our
hands, and we are falling behind.”

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