The Ministry of Interior on Thursday directed its employees to refrain from using instant-messaging service WhatsApp, saying it can “pose serious risk to enterprises when the data is sent without being encrypted”.
The notification dated October 27, 2017, quotes Appthority report in which WhatsApp topped the list of the most blacklisted apps by the companies. It was recommended to all employees that they should avoid the use of such apps which send user information without their intervention to abroad servers.
The report claimed that WhatsApp, WinZip, and Where’s My Droid Pro are the most blacklisted iOS and Android apps in enterprise environments as they pose a serious threat to business security.
To protect one’s privacy, the ministry asked the workers to install and use anti-viruses and software firewall, the notification added.
The ministry warns employees against downloading attachments from emails unless sure about the source, adding that the malicious activities must be reported to the concerned people immediately.
