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US Cybersecurity Chief Beckstrom Resigns
nodialtone writes with a Reuters report that Rod Beckstrom, director of the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC), has tendered his resignation, citing clashes between the NCSC and the NSA with regard to who handles the nation's online security efforts. In his resignation letter (PDF), he made the point that "The intelligence culture is very different than a network operations or security culture," and said he wasn't willing to "subjugate the NCSC underneath the NSA." He also complained of budget roadblocks which kept the NCSC from receiving more than five weeks of funding in the past year. Wired has a related story from late February which discusses comments from Admiral Dennis Blair, director of National Intelligence, who thinks cyber security should be the NSA's job to begin with.
Security is like virginity...once compromised it is lost forever.
Clean up your fucking country already
Says the man from the perfect, anonymous country.
"...director of National Intelligence, who thinks cyber security should be the NSA's job to begin with."
Geezus, the would be like putting the thieves in charge of the banks! Uhhh, wait...
Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now, and let us slay him... and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
The object of cybersecurity is to prevent people from interfering with out computers. The NSA's JOB is to interfere with our computers. They can hardly do both at the same time.
I piss off bigots.
How is it that a former NSA agent posts as Anonymous Coward. To be on the forefront of the war on terror, we do not need cowards. I say this, of course, as an Anonymous Coward.