Another one bites the dust.
--US-CERT Director Resigns
(August 8 & 10, 2009)
The director of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) US Computer
Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has resigned. Mischel Kwon was the
fourth person to hold that position in the last five years. Last week,
acting National Cyber Security Coordinator Melissa Hathaway stepped
down, withdrawing her name from the list of potential candidates for the
full time post. The position was announced months ago and has yet to
be filled. Earlier this year, Rob Beckstrom resigned as head of the DHS
National Cyber Security Center, citing a lack of funding and bickering
over control with other agencies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...702805_pf.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08...rt_boss_quits/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=219100611
http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/08/10/W...on-USCERT.aspx
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline...ncy-quits.html
[Editor's Note (Schultz): This says a lot about the barriers and
negative job conditions that cyber security professionals within the US
government face. Note also that this is not the first time that notable
cyber security professionals within the government have bailed.
(Paller): Ms. Kwon's leaving is not a big national policy issue - it
simply reflects her frustration with weak personnel that the last
Administration placed at DHS and the bad performance that ensued. The
new managers in cyber at DHS (Reitinger, McConnell, Schaffer, Brown,
Coose) are enormously better, good enough to make a big difference in
cybersecurity in government. And once they enable the government to lead
by example, they are good enough to make a difference in the rest of the
critical infrastructure with or without a White House cyber czar. But
Mischel's patience with ineffective people in the lower level management
roles and legal positions had run out. She was the best thing that had
happened to DHS in years. Very sad.]
So America, the greatest nation on earth, why can't DHS improve our nations Infosec infrastructure? Usually when I see such an epic fail, it's time to clean house, hire all new people under thirty, and start over.
xor
--US-CERT Director Resigns
(August 8 & 10, 2009)
The director of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) US Computer
Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has resigned. Mischel Kwon was the
fourth person to hold that position in the last five years. Last week,
acting National Cyber Security Coordinator Melissa Hathaway stepped
down, withdrawing her name from the list of potential candidates for the
full time post. The position was announced months ago and has yet to
be filled. Earlier this year, Rob Beckstrom resigned as head of the DHS
National Cyber Security Center, citing a lack of funding and bickering
over control with other agencies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...702805_pf.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08...rt_boss_quits/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=219100611
http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/08/10/W...on-USCERT.aspx
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline...ncy-quits.html
[Editor's Note (Schultz): This says a lot about the barriers and
negative job conditions that cyber security professionals within the US
government face. Note also that this is not the first time that notable
cyber security professionals within the government have bailed.
(Paller): Ms. Kwon's leaving is not a big national policy issue - it
simply reflects her frustration with weak personnel that the last
Administration placed at DHS and the bad performance that ensued. The
new managers in cyber at DHS (Reitinger, McConnell, Schaffer, Brown,
Coose) are enormously better, good enough to make a big difference in
cybersecurity in government. And once they enable the government to lead
by example, they are good enough to make a difference in the rest of the
critical infrastructure with or without a White House cyber czar. But
Mischel's patience with ineffective people in the lower level management
roles and legal positions had run out. She was the best thing that had
happened to DHS in years. Very sad.]
So America, the greatest nation on earth, why can't DHS improve our nations Infosec infrastructure? Usually when I see such an epic fail, it's time to clean house, hire all new people under thirty, and start over.
xor
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