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Who Would Want To Be Obama's Cybersecurity Czar?

Posted by Soulskill on from the fine-i'll-do-it dept.

dasButcher writes "President Obama is expected to name a new cybersecurity czar sometime soon. This person will be charged with defending the digital boards from attack by hostile nation-states and terrorist organizations. But the question Larry Walsh asks is: Who really wants the job? The previous three people who held the post barely made a dent in solving the security problems. Government bureaucracy and private sector resistance make it nearly impossible to find any measure of meaningful success in this job, he writes." Reader eatcajun contributes a related link to the long-awaited US cyberspace policy review.

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  1. A no win situation by AnalPerfume · · Score: 1, Troll

    While corporate lobbyists dictate the infrastructure, it's gonna be a Windows backbone. Nobody can make that secure. While this situation remains, the position is a no win one.

  2. Re:The difference by MrMista_B · · Score: 0, Troll

    Heh, I take it you don't watch American news, at least you haven't at any time during the past ten years. Remember the American invasion of Iraq? The destruction of Katrina?

    Etc. - my point being that, during that time, pretty much everyone in the Bush presidency got a free ride. The media basically said 'aww shucks, wull I guess he just gosh darned tried his best, and that's what counts, right?'

    In contrast, the scrutinty and out-for-blood nature of most of the news coverage of the Obama campaign since it began has been absolutely viciously hostile.

    So what was your point again?

  3. Private Sector by chrispycreeme · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm a huge fan of this administration but in this particular case I think the private sector could do a much better job protecting against threats than any Czar. Besides, I hate anyone who's title has a C followed by a Z in it, that's just not right. Drop the "c" or just say: "KaZaar!".

  4. Re:lol cyberczar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    is the cyberczar going to declare a "WAR ON BLOGS"?

    Only "right-wing extremist" ones.

    Because that would be "fair".

    Let's see, Obama pushed auto companies into bankruptcy and shutters dealerships owned by anyone who donated to his political opponents. The DoJ is pursuing charges against Obama supporters caught suppressing votes on video and Obama's appointees force career lawyers to drop charges.

    Looks like Orwell only missed by 25 years.