milBook securely harnesses social media behind DOD firewalls

The military has launched a social networking tool called milBook to connect the Defense Department community behind the safety of DOD firewalls. Part of a larger milSuite that also includes a wiki and a blog, milBook is designed to foster open discussions in an internal environment for the classified crowd. Government and industry have been working to configure a secured version of immensely popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of the biggest challenges has been to find a way to facilitate the open communications and transparency of social networking while still protecting networks necessary for military and government functions. To do so, the Army's MilTech Solutions office is integrating security solutions across Army networks and communication platforms.

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