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Pennsylvania CISO Fired Over Talk At RSA Conference

Posted by timothy on from the perfecting-the-art-of-the-ham-fist dept.

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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  1. The key paragraph by Wintermute__ · · Score: 5, Informative

    The important paragraph in TFA:

    "Maley's dismissal comes amid ongoing budget and staff cuts at Pennsylvania's IT security organization, the source said. Over the past 18 months to two years, the administration has cut information security budgets by close to 38%, and staff by 40%. They also put a "lockdown" on talking about cybersecurity, the source claimed."

    Now there's a good plan: If you don't talk about it, no one will know you have a problem, and you can save all that money you were spending on those annoying security types.