- It's the applications, stupid
- Will a whitelist save personal computing?
- Thousands of Web sites under attack
- To solve the unsolvable problem
- Re-thinking the security of virtual machines
- Security Development Lifecycle trumps code complexity
- Is your Web site FIPS compliant?
- Computer security: Why have least privilege?
- Strategic security: Get a handle on authentication
- Control user installs of software
June 28, 2006 | Comments: (0)
The guy in charge of cybersecurity for the White House has no experience in computer security
The guy in charge of cyber security for the White House has no experience in computer security, reports say.
"Purdy, a longtime attorney who has held a number of state and federal legal and managerial jobs, has no formal, technical background in computer security."
Purdy has been paid more money than even his boss, Michael Chertoff, and his personal company, that he still works for receives the a large share of its funding from the White House and the division Purdy runs.
Strong ethics means avoiding the appearence of unethical arrangements.
And who needs experience in computer security to run the White House's computer security division? Hey, Mike Brown ran FEMA without EMS experience.
(Thanks to my long time buddy, Steve, for this story.)
Posted by Roger Grimes on June 28, 2006 12:30 PM
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And just this week, we were told that we had to become DoD 8570 certified by 2009, if we wanted to keep our jobs!
Posted by: Victor at June 28, 2006 04:41 PMThat would be another reason why the Identity Theft Shield is the hottest topic of conversation in the Country!!!!
Posted by: Lyse at June 29, 2006 09:15 AM
