Kimberly Hefling, an Associated Press Writer wrote the following:
“A Pennsylvania-based lobbyist was charged Tuesday (July 15th, 2008) with destroying evidence related to an FBI investigation into former Rep. Curt Weldon. Prosecutors said in court filings that Cecilia Grimes threw documents in the trash after she received grand jury subpoenas for those documents. FBI agents found the documents in her garbage cans. Authorities said she also threw out her Blackberry at a fast-food restaurant to keep the FBI from retrieving her e-mail. “

You would think that the ENRON debacle would have enlightened most of us as to how easy it is today to find electronic audit trails. Most organizations are archiving email or are imminently going to incorporate archiving into their data loss prevention strategy.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server logs all PIN/SMS text message activity as well as all phone usage data, therefore unscrupulous individuals who assume they can use their smartphone for illegal activities are living in a fantasy land.

Auditing and monitoring email communications, as well as text messages and phone usage on a BlackBerry Smartphone with tools like Retain for GroupWise and Retain for BlackBerry force these individuals to face reality.