Bush Names New Cyber Security Czar

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday February 2, 2003 @02:07AM from the this-oughta-be-good dept.

goombah99 writes "The Washington Post reports that Cybersecurity "czar" Richard Clarke has confirmed widespread reports that he is leaving the White House, to be replaced by former microsoft security chief Howard Schmidt. He was also part of the Air Force's 'Computer Crime and Information Warfare division'. In related news, the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace has received Bush's signature and will be released to the public in the next few weeks. Clark's blunt staements on the to the need to avoid erosion of privacy rights is rumored to have rubbed the administration the wrong way, prompting his exit. Anyone know how Schmitt will view the relative security of closed versus open source?" Nothing says "Security" better to me than "Former Microsoft Security Chief".

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Re:And tonight... by ichimunki · 2003-02-02 02:32 · Score: 5, Informative

For those of you not reading the article, it is important to note that Schmidt is already Clarke's deputy. It's not like he's being drafted straight out of Microsoft and into this top post. Besides, do we really think they'd accidentally get someone who was independent thinker in there if they could help it?

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