News: RIM security saga continues

Indian officials will meet today to decide the fate of BlackBerry services such as BlackBerry Messenger and email unless holding company Research in Motion offers a solution which allows the government access to encrypted message data before the August 31st deadline.

Earlier this month India voiced concerns regarding data access over the international BlackBerry network and gave RIM a deadline by which to allow the government access to encrypted messages sent over BlackBerry Messenger and over email.

At present all BlackBerry data traffic internationally is rerouted to RIM server farms in other countries such as Canada, the US and the UK. Complainant countries have voiced concerns that the movement of this data to other territories without sufficient monitoring may pose a domestic security risk.

According to Reuters, the August 31st deadline may be extended if RIM confirms that it has a solution for the issue.

Although a number of other territories have raised concerns over the issue, India may become the first to ban BlackBerry services on its networks if the dispute is not resolved.

Last week RIM announced that it would lead an industry forum focused on supporting the lawful access needs of law enforcement agencies, while preserving the legitimate information security needs of corporations and other organisations in India.

No word on how effective this forum has been has yet been given.

RIM security saga continues

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