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Head Of Homeland Cybersecurity Named

Posted by simoniker on from the cyber-cyber-burning-bright dept.

ziggy_zero writes "Security software industry veteran Amit Yoran is expected to be named the new head of federal cybersecurity by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday. The DHS is also partnering with CERT to form the "US-CERT" cyber-attack coordination center, coordinating efforts to fight cyber-attacks, worms, etc."

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  1. Re:his name sounds by nacturation · · Score: 1, Informative

    [his name sounds] scary to me....but maybe I'm a bit paranoid.

    Maybe you're a bit racist.

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  2. Interview on Frontline by hairy+moose · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those who are unfamilliar with him, here's a recent Frontline interview.

  3. Symantec getting very cosy by Vainglorious+Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Amit Yoran is of course, a VP at Symantec. That would be the same company whose COO, John Schwartz, recently caused a storm by calling for laws to make it a criminal offence to share information and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus writers.

    Am I alone in putting two and two together and becoming alarmed at the implication?

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  4. Rip-Tech by silconous · · Score: 3, Informative

    Rip-Tech was one of the largest security monitoring firms in the country, I can only see this as a good thing. Besides the goverment already has moved a majority of it's firewalls over to symantec long time ago.

    I remebmer when I went to the raptor training 75% of the guys there were goverment types or working on goverment contracts.

  5. information on Amit Yoran by kaan · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've never heard of this guy, so I just google'd him, and found all kinds of things, including this
    interview with him from March 13, 2003, and this brief biography. He is currently vice president of Managed Security Services Operations for Symantec, and previously worked for the U.S. Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DoD/CERT).

    kinda nice to see that the future "Head of Homeland Cybersecurity" at least has a formal c.s. education, and some obvious real-world experience.

  6. Amit Yoran, WP 1993 by adamy · · Score: 3, Informative

    I know this guy. He was a classmate of mine back at the Academy. The guy is sharp. He went from West Point, the Army's academyh, into the Air Force (A handful of people do this each year). I note went out to our class list about his companies sale, which made us all quite jealous.

    The thing about West Point is that it drives home a commitment to the Country (Duty, Honor, Country is the School Moto). At least we have someone who stood up, raised his right hand, and swore to support and defend the Constitution. Yes, I am sure he is a savvy business man, but he's as honest as we are going to get.

    BTW Amit, is an Israeli name.

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