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White House picks tech entrepreneur for Cyber Security post
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:01:06 -0700
________________________________________ From: Jim Brenton [brentonj () swbell net] Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 8:40 AM To: David Farber Subject: White House picks tech entrepreneur for Cyber Security post Dave, Please consider this for your IP list. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9899047-7.html <quote> A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has been chosen to run the new National Cyber Security Center, an agency charged with coordinating efforts to protect the federal government's computer networks from cyberattacks, according to published reports. Rod Beckstrm, 47, is expected to be appointed to the post Thursday and report directly to Michael Chertoff, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. The secretive center was created by a national security directive signed by President Bush in January. </quote> Some analysis here: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/military-surren.html <quote> If there is one area where the government consistently gets sub-par marks for performance, its cyber security. So-called report cards on how agencies are defending against attacks might generously be described as woefully inadequate. As the government kicks off a new initiative to steel itself against cyber attack you would think that they would tap a security guru of some renown to lead it, right? Wrong. After burning through any cyber security name you might have heard of and paying through the nose for some you might not have, the job fell to the management theorist du jour: </quote> Reference to recent book; however, I am not sure how these skills and approach will help Mr. Beckstrm clean up the mess to which he has been thrown. http://www.amazon.com/Starfish-Spider-Unstoppable-Leaderless-Organizations/d p/1591841437 Jim Brenton, CISSP ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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