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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. Kevin Mitnick by Tehrasha · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...nuff said.

  2. RIAA Lawyers by GigsVT · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are there any RIAA lawyers left who don't yet have high level Obama positions?

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  3. I paid my taxes by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 5, Funny

    so I guess I am ineligible even if I wanted the job.

  4. The answer is obvious by mqduck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cowboy Neal.

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  5. Doesn't sound so bad actually... by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd take this job in a second. The position has a track record of failure and thus, expectations are low. This is exactly the kind of job I'm looking for. If you succeed, you're a miracle worker, if you fail, nobody blames you, either way it's not bad. It looks even better when you add in the fact that the pay is good and you have an awesome title. I mean c'mon, you'd be a freaking czar, how many people can legitimately put "Czar" on their resume?

  6. Re:A no win situation by KahabutDieDrake · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you forgot to include the punchline.