Re: [liberationtech] Does the White House’s cybersecurity czar need to be a coder? He says no.

[Maxim Kammerer]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Richard Brooks r...@g.clemson.edu wrote:
 Lack of technical expertise is apparently a plus in the world
 of federal cybersecurity:

Is it an unusual thing in the US? Non-technical people in charge of
government / military technical branches and units is the norm in many
countries. It seems to work well, as long as they focus on management.
Touting lack of domain expertise as a plus is rather silly, but seems
like a political necessity in the US.

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Maxim Kammerer
Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte
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[liberationtech] Does the White House’s cybersecurity czar need to be a coder? He says no.

[Richard Brooks]

Lack of technical expertise is apparently a plus in the world
of federal cybersecurity:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/22/does-the-white-houses-cybersecurity-czar-need-to-be-a-coder-he-says-no/
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