Brittas concerned over govt email being operated by pvt entity, writes to V-P

FLAGGING security and privacy concerns, CPM MP John Brittas wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Wednesday, questioning the Centre's decision to entrust the management and hosting of its official email services and its multifactor authentication to a private corporation.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

In a letter to the Vice President, Brittas said the restructuring inevitably raises concerns about the independence, confidentiality and perceived impartiality of parliamentary communications, and claimed that 50 lakh government email inboxes will be managed by the private firm. "At a time when cybersecurity and the prevention of data theft are of utmost importance, even the official Sansad email s