You know, creating rules around email is not that hard, esp. since BIS was designed to work in corporate environments like finance where things are heavily regulated.

On top of that, BIS is also designed to work with Exchange, which has a ton of internal and addon capability for all kinds of retention profiles.

The best thing about this, however, is that our Canadian friends will know all the private conversations the US president is having… Brilliant.

That is, unless the software encrypts/decrypts email from/to BIS…

Hello, my name is Barack Obama, husband of Michelle Obama and father of two, and I am the President of the United States. I have a business proposal that I believe will be good business for both you and me. I have recently uncovered a sum of 435 Billion USD (four-hundred and thirty-five billion United States Dollars) that until recently belonged to the American public but unfortunately he and all of his family have died in a tragic economic crash. If nobody claims this money soon, the US Government will seize it and give it as bailout money to rich CEOs. This will not be a good thing for either you or me, so I suggest that we prevent it. Since you are an American, you could convince the country that you are entitled to this money, which otherwise would be wasted.
I agree that you and I will both get half of the money once our little proposal is completed. To begin, you should apply as the next-of-kin of the American public, to get the money. Before I can begin the transfer of the funds, you will need to pay a small registration fee of $50,000. If you want, I will arrange for this to be taken care of through an escrow service. Once you have paid the fee and the registration is secured, the $435 Billion will be released, which we can then split 50/50. Please contact me soon if you want to take up this offer, as the government may seize the funds quickly.

barackobama@whitehouse.go.vi

Depends. What did they put on the Blackberry, and what constitutes “Super Encryption”? Whatever requirement they put on Blackberry communique, you have to assume will be similar IM communique requirement.

First off, realize that it’s be more difficult to get IM in the door than Blackberry, especially if a custom encryption was required… But don’t fret. Just grease the wheels, but expect it to take a few months.

IM packages to consider would be IBM Lotus Sametime, Office Communicator, or Cisco’s Unified Communications Product line.

I’d probably lean more towards the “Cisco” solutions. It’ll be easier to get Cisco approved for DoD ITAR/DFARS, or if it needs custom encryption… Chances are Cisco is already approved too.

Apparently the Sectra Edge (I beleive it is Edge), just recently released, is the only wireless unit that has been approved by the NSA, as they gave all the design specs (re security) to the manufacturer. It’s the only unit with official top-secret level security.

That would in all likelihood be what the President is now using.