Local storage may safeguard e-governance data from spying

Data generated under government’s E-Governance Project will be stored on servers based in Guyana, according to project manager Alexei Ramotar, who says it could offer protection against spying.

“One of the things we’re doing is storing data locally in Guyana,” he said in response to a query about the security of data in light of US spying revelations by the US’ National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden.

At an engineers’ conference yesterday, Ramotar spoke on the benefits of the