For White House Cyber Czar, Being Called a 'Total n00b' Just Comes with the Territory

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http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/09/white-house-cyber-czar-being-called-total-n00b-just-comes-territory/94652/

By Jack Moore
Nextgov
September 19, 2014

Michael Daniel, the White House’s cybersecurity coordinator, courted 
controversy last month when he gave an interview on his role setting cyber 
policy for the Obama administration.

But it wasn’t his thoughts on how the government can better protect its IT 
systems from intrusions or how the feds should respond to cyberattacks 
that caused a fuss.

It was his résumé.

In an Aug. 21 interview with GovInfoSecurity, Daniel -- a 17-year veteran 
of the Office of Management and Budget who came to his current position 
two years ago largely unknown in technology circles -- was asked how much 
of a techie the nation’s cyber czar actually needed be.

Daniel said it was important to have a “broad sense” of the role 
technology plays in cyber policy, then added: “But you don’t have to be a 
coder in order to really do well in this position. In fact, I think being 
too down in the weeds at the technical level could actually be a little of 
a distraction in that sense.”

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