Schneier Says We Don't Need a Cybersecurity Czar

Trailrunner7 writes "Threatpost.com reports that security guru Bruce Schneier says not only should the NSA not run cybersecurity for the federal government, no one should. 'Really what I think is it shouldn't be anybody. We do better without a top-down hierarchy. Our economic and political systems work best when there isn't a dictator in charge, when there isn't one organization in charge. My feeling is there shouldn't be one organization in charge. Not only shouldn't it be the NSA, it shouldn't be anybody,' Schneier said."

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Let me guess

[justcauseisjustthat]

He voted for John McCain or Ron Paul. I always find it funny when people go on like that, because with that thinking we should do away with CEOs and have everyone in a company do whatever they want. LMAO

Re:S773 'Cybersecurity' Bill is unconstitutional.

[catmistake]

disclaimer: in my gp post, I said 9th (and that might work too) but I meant 10th.

afa the Commerce Clause... they can't use it nowadays... but maybe they can. Rehnquist's Court put a stop to the broad interpretation of the Clause, argueing broad interpretation justifies a federal police state... and no one wants that now that the Republicans are out of office (and losing members left and right). Then again, Rehnquist has been gone a few years... it could swing back, but I doubt it will happen under a liberal administration.

Re:Czar?

[DNS-and-BIND]

Here we go again. The circle of "let's use something funny...ok it's funny to call someone that...it's not funny anymore, but still current...people at least understand it, but the funny is long gone...why the hell did we call it this in the first place" is now complete. The whole idea of the XXXX "czar" is supposed to mean, the czar of whatever is simply in charge. As opposed to a term like boss or director. When I went to college in 1988, there was a position in my co-op called "labor czar" which did the schedules. Everyone thought the name was a laugh riot, as well as descriptive. Now, we've got bozos like you who are evidently out of the loop, and you have no idea what's going on. It would be even more appropriate if you were European.