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	Phil's Blogservations Tuesday, August 04, 2009 Posted by philgomes 6:57 PM Semper (Wi)Fi? Not so much... I don't mean to spend my two most recent posts picking on our armed forces (which I do have a very deep respect for), but this strikes me as a little crazy: The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks, effective immediately. “These internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due to information exposure, user generated content and targeting by adversaries,” reads a Marine Corps order, issued Monday. “The very nature of SNS [social network sites] creates a larger attack and exploitation window, exposes unnecessary information to adversaries and provides an easy conduit for information leakage that puts OPSEC [operational security], COMSEC [communications security], [and] personnel… at an elevated risk of compromise." In any event, writer Noah Shachtman (whom I've followed ever since my agency-side days working for SRI) is quick to point out that "many within the Pentagon's highest ranks find value in the Web 2.0 tools." Fair 'nuff. At that level in the military, they've probably earned it. That said... Am I the only one who shudders to think that "OPSEC" or "COMSEC" can be meaningfully foiled by... Facebook? Then again, maybe if the government could just keep people in top cybersecurity posts... Technorati Tags: defense, social media HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.