Re: Obama to name Howard Schmidt as cybersecuritycoordinator

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

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 [larry () larryseltzer com] 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
> larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com 
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:31 AM
> To: Juha-Matti Laurio
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] Obama to name Howard Schmidt as
> cybersecuritycoordinator
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> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio
> <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> 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
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> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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