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Jane Holl Lute's Blackhat Keynote
From: dave <dave () immunityinc com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:11:25 -0400
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The first BlackHat Keynote was Jane Holl Lute (Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security). The talk is available here: https://media.blackhat.com/bh-us-10/video/Lute/BlackHat-USA-2010-Lute-Keynote1-video.mov or in text form: http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/speeches/sp_1280437519818.shtm It was nicely summarized by her comment at the beginning on the nature of cyberspace: " How do cyberspace and war zones compare? Wars happen somewhere. They involve somebody. Geography is key. Seizing and holding terrain. Wars happen somewhere, but cyberspace is sort of this space-time thing. Nobody really gets it. " To which, I know many of the people on this list and in the audience (and no doubt the second keynote speaker) are thinking "Speak for yourself." The five missions of the DHS are explained as follows: Prevent a Terrorist Attack Secure our Borders Enforce Immigration laws Ensure Safety of Cyberspace Help build a resilient society But for the Cyberspace mission, the keynote left most people in the audience feeling that there's a gap at the top - a drumbeat in the talk of "We don't get this stuff" as nicely demonstrated by the following excerpt: " The first trend is the trend of technology. Anthropologists tell us that technology is putting tools within our grasp. But the current trend is that technology is exceeding our grasp. It is way out in front of society’s ability to understand, adapt, and adjust. At the very least we certainly feel as a society that we are lagging behind the frontiers of technology that you deal with every day. " And if you listened to the questions, they were harsh: "Q: There's a lot of good talk about how we should secure things, but the actual driving force behind that doesn't seem to be that strong." In other words, the audience accused her, and really the DHS itself, of fluff and empty rhetoric. Her answer was that she was trying to leverage the community. In some sense, Jane Holl Lute said it best: " We certainly at the Department don’t believe we have all the answers. What will guide us? Will our expertise guide us? Will our experience guide us? Do we know the difference – that expertise is knowing the conditions under which your experience is relevant. " Sheesh. - -dave -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkxsFD0ACgkQtehAhL0gherqpACeOw6uNxw87p3gC2jRPSuNepa9 u7oAnRsD+PGu4jG2k5ORlZ9rocXCgVJc =A/x2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunitysec com http://lists.immunitysec.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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