Pennsylvania CISO Fired Over Talk At RSA Conference

An anonymous reader writes "Pennsylvania's chief information security officer Robert Maley has been fired for publicly talking about a security incident involving the Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system. He apparently did not get the required approval for talking about the incident from appropriate authorities."

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DANG TPS Reports..

[Mekkah]

Must have not got the memo..

His story is NOTHING to my story

[Anonymous Coward]

(had to make sure I hit the "Post Anonymously" button...)
I'm one of many server administrators for LUTX, the (US) Federal Government IT "swat team" that was put in place during the Clinton Administration. One day I was working on a code-blue 456 system using the X-K-Red-27 technique and suddenly a bunch of drunken Canadian's broke in and try to SSH the HTTPS server. Well, as you can imagine, all hell broke loose and we had to double-slot the uranium deuteride fast on the flip-flop before the Russkies could notice.
I hope I don't get fired for sharing this amazing story with Slashdot

Re:His story is NOTHING to my story

[OzPeter]

(had to make sure I hit the "Post Anonymously" button...) I'm one of many server administrators for LUTX, the (US) Federal Government IT "swat team" that was put in place during the Clinton Administration. One day I was working on a code-blue 456 system using the X-K-Red-27 technique and suddenly a bunch of drunken Canadian's broke in and try to SSH the HTTPS server. Well, as you can imagine, all hell broke loose and we had to double-slot the uranium deuteride fast on the flip-flop before the Russkies could notice. I hope I don't get fired for sharing this amazing story with Slashdot

Its times like this that I really want to apply a Post Humously moderation

Re:His story is NOTHING to my story

[kybred]

a bunch of drunken Canadian's

-1: redundant

Re:Motormouth failed his talking test?

[Locke2005]

"You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!"

Re:Motormouth failed his talking test?

[Hatta]

Apples and oranges, one is a health risk, one isn't.

Which one is it?! Who knew picking from the fruit basket would be like playing russian roulette?

Broke the Golden Rule of Conferences

[BlueBoxSW.com]

Didn't he know that you're only supposed to talk at conferences when A) you have something to sell, or B) you're being paid in a round-about way to promote a product while appearing to have no conflicting interest?

No one does a post-mortem of ACTUAL issues that matter to ACTUAL people, anymore.

Re:Motormouth failed his talking test?

[geekoid]

Simple, take the banana and shoot the guy holding the basket.

Re:Motormouth failed his talking test?

[Hatta]

But what if he has a pointed stick?

First rule

[93 Escort Wagon]

The first rule of Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system is: You don't talk about Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system.

Re:Motormouth failed his talking test?

[spun]

Ooh, ooh, ooh; want to learn how to defend yourself against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you, eh? Well let me tell you something lad! When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after YOU with a bunch of loganberries, don't come cryin' to me!

Re:Motormouth failed his talking test?

[Chris Burke]

Just a practical note from personal experience. Screaming "child pornography" at the top of my lungs did not let me undo the Constitutionally granted power of the Executive Branch to create law enforcement agencies to enforce federal laws while agents of said agencies were hauling me away. Quite the opposite in fact.

Re:Motormouth failed his talking test?

[Dexter Herbivore]

Are we sure it wasn't a particularly sharp piece of mango?