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DNC Creates 'Cybersecurity Board' Without Any Cybersecurity Experts (techdirt.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the is-there-a-doctor-on-board dept.

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Techdirt: The Democratic National Committee has created a "cybersecurity advisory board" to improve its cybersecurity and to "prevent future attacks." Politico reports: "'To prevent future attacks and ensure that the DNC's cybersecurity capabilities are best-in-class, I am creating a Cybersecurity Advisory Board composed of distinguished experts in the field,' interim DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile wrote in a memo. 'The Advisory Board will work closely with me and the entire DNC to ensure that the party is prepared for the grave threats it faces -- today and in the future.' Members include Rand Beers, former Department of Homeland Security acting secretary; Nicole Wong, former deputy chief technology officer of the U.S. and a former technology lawyer for Google and Twitter; Aneesh Chopra, co-founder of Hunch Analytics and former chief technology officer of the U.S.; and Michael Sussmann, a partner in privacy and data security at the law firm Perkins Coie and a former Justice Department cybercrime prosecutor." What's surprising is that none of these members are cybersecurity experts. Techdirt reports: "If the goal of the board was to advise on cybersecurity policy, then the makeup of it is at least slightly more understandable, but that's not goal. It's to actually improve the cybersecurity of the DNC. Even if the goal were just policy, having someone with actual technology experience with cybersecurity would be sensible."

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  1. Re:probably... by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    A bunch of cannibals?

    I used to know a guy who would always make reservations under the name of "Donner" because occasionally he'd then get to hear "Donner Party - your table is ready".

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  2. Re:probably... by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 3, Funny

    A bunch of cannibals?

    I used to know a guy who would always make reservations under the name of "Donner" because occasionally he'd then get to hear "Donner Party - your table is ready".

    At which point he could exclaim, "It's about time, we're starving!"

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  3. Re:probably... by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Donner, party of 8, Donner?
    [pause]
    Donner, party of 7, Donner?
    [pause]
    Donner, party of 6, Donner?
    [pause]
    Donner, party of 5, Donner?

    etc...

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