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Obama To Name Melissa Hathaway Cybersecurity Chief

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the how-do-i-get-tsar-in-my-title dept.

hargrand writes "President Obama has found the cyber tsar to head his new White House office of cybersecurity. According to US press reports this morning, an announcement expected later today will confirm Melissa Hathaway is to come in as cyber chief, after being cyber coordination executive for the director of national intelligence."

12 of 188 comments (clear)

  1. Is she related? by neoform · · Score: 4, Funny

    If she's related to Ann Hathaway, she's got my support..

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  2. Re:Tsar or Tsaritsa? by QuantumG · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or is there something you know about Melissa that we don't?

    Her parents were stranded on a tropical island you insensitive clod.

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  3. Can't keep 'em straight by RockMFR · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many cyber/cyborg tsars/chiefs/secretaries do we have now?

  4. Uh oh... Beveryly Hillbillies flashback! by erroneus · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Miss Hathaway, can you come into my office for a moment...?"

  5. Re:Tsar or Tsaritsa? by Samschnooks · · Score: 5, Funny
    Neither. Cyber-Dominatrix.

    She'll need to wear spiked heeled boots and a leather corset.

    I think I have issues.

  6. Headline should be... by Legion_SB · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obama names another cyber post... despite poor economy.

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  7. Melissa? Is that you? by mangu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Melissa... Melissa... Cyber security... Now, where exactly did I hear that name?

  8. Re:Tsar or Tsaritsa? by Apple+Developer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Neither. Cyber-Dominatrix.

    She'll need to wear spiked heeled boots and a leather corset.

    I think I have issues.

    Mod -1 Creepy?

  9. Re:Tsar or Tsaritsa? by lysergic.acid · · Score: 4, Funny

    yea... that's not her. that's Faith Hill. why the hell would the chairwoman of the National Cyber Study Group be in a publicity photo with Tim McGraw?

  10. Re:Tsar or Tsaritsa? by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I think I have issues."

    If she's hawt you do not have issues.

    If she looks like Janet Reno you have issues.

    If she looks like Janet Reno and dresses per your description, post pics because you are not alone.

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  11. Re:Well, it's a good bet... by BlueStrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's less trolling, and just a reasonable expectation taking into account past history (from the past 3 weeks) that she will either a) have a Tax issue or b) have lobbying (or lobby-like) ties to the industry she will be regulating. As Cyber-Security Czar is unlikely to regulate an industry, that leaves us with a).

    Or c) runs a botnet.

    Just sayin'...

    Strat

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  12. Re:Tsar or Tsaritsa? by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 3, Funny

    If there's going to be temporal logic, I'm going to need more coffee.