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getting serious about cyber security (again)

For all the attention politicians are paying to cyber security these days, we might want to set aside the rhetoric and focus on the real issue: responsibility …
  • Politics and HUMINT are both inter-personal pursuits, but the price you pay for being careless in the latter cannot be repaid with a statement that “expands and clarifies” your earlier cock-up. When lives are on the line, if people don’t think they can trust you, they won’t work for you. All those sources are now on their way to the organ donation plant. Blame the Chinese all you want; you’re the one got pwned.
  • If you want to give a boost to cyber security, there is this thing called the National Cyber Security Initiative that you might have heard of: pass the funding and …
  • … Stop merely wagging your finger at agencies who turn in crap cyber security report cards. You might want to think about tying your passing a budget to them getting better grades.

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Selil [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Don’t forget that PITAC was wiped out early in the Bush administration. This was the advisory group tasked with implementing and recommending the national cyber security initiative.

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