Thanks for sharing the links, Larry. SANS ISC's Director Marcus H. Sachs wrote about the Schmidt's announcement too at http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7792
Juha-Matti Larry Seltzer [[email protected]] kirjoitti: > The New York Times is actually reporting that they changed the terms of > the position and that he will report only to the National Security > Council, not also to the National Economic Council. There's still no > word that he'll have any budgetary authority. > > Interestingly, he was our nation's first cybersecurity czar, appointed > by Bush in December 2001. He worked on the "National Strategy to Secure > Cyberspace" (http://www.dhs.gov/files/publications/editorial_0329.shtm). > I guess it didn't work the first time, so they're giving him another > chance. > > My blog on it (please click, then click on the ads): > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/12/cybersecurity_czar_to_be_na > med.php > > Larry Seltzer > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > [email protected] > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:31 AM > To: Juha-Matti Laurio > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [funsec] Obama to name Howard Schmidt as > cybersecuritycoordinator > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "Seven months after President Obama vowed to "personally select" an > > adviser to orchestrate the government's strategy for protecting > computer > > systems, the White House will name a former Bush administration > official > > to the job Tuesday. > > > > Howard A. Schmidt, who was a cyber-adviser in President George W. > Bush's > > White House, will be Obama's new cybersecurity coordinator, an > > administration official said Monday night." --clip-- > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/21/AR200912 > 2 > > 103055.html > > > > Yeah, nobody else wanted the job. > > - - ferg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) > > wj8DBQFLMJHUq1pz9mNUZTMRAv2gAJ9I+a/XmFQyq4PGDEzQuOHhN2lCiQCfZdBt > 56odphvjLtoNaWRC7fBPlR4= > =w6Tp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawgster(at)gmail.com > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > ______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
