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From: Dave Aitel <dave () immunityinc com>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:01:16 -0500
Like any professional in the cyber security industry I followed the election closely - all the executives I know were facing an uncertain future, and uncertain customers as a small business means "keeps you up at night like a colicky baby". I followed 2008 closely as well, and for all the whining by Hillaryland after she lost the primary to Obama, the truth is that Mark Penn's techniques work. His micro-targeting of specific important but small groups of people with highly defined interests and motivations is what wins elections when 2% difference is a modern landslide. But the key word there is "specific". You can't woo people in a micro-climate with vagueness. And based on that, we now know that not emphasizing cyber security was a huge mistake by at least one election team - Romney's. The scores in Fairfax County were beyond lopsided in Obama's favor. A little fear-mongering about cyber and the impact of defense cuts on the cyber industrial complex could have gone a long way. (Obama visited George Mason at least twice but his particular target in his speeches if you listen to them was women's votes, not cyber, even though George Mason is in a key area and tightly connected to the cyber security teams in the area). So what's next? One thing is clear from the massive amounts of introspection which have occurred over the electoral season: Obama is heavily engaged with the cyber world. From utilizing it as part of his re-election campaign, to participating directly in FEMA's cyber exercises, to proposing executive orders to help protect critical infrastructure, to whatever "Olympic Games" is - America has never had a President or Administration with this level of attention to detail on cyber security. That can only be a good thing going forward another four years for this industry. So while the future is uncertain, there is at least, hope. -dave -- INFILTRATE - the world's best offensive information security conference. April 2013 in Miami Beach www.infiltratecon.com
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