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[internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (Thomas Beckett)]

How refreshing to know that soon the new cybersecurity czar will
be hard at working rooting out viral threats such as Linux from
all government computers.

TaB


> There seems to me to be a troubling trend of cybersecurity officials
> dropping off like flies in the face of Bush's new cybersecurity
> policy.  The Washington Post article mentions this pretty
> matter-of-factly, without offering much speculation as to the reason
> why.  One is left only to think that Bush's policy will be so
> invasive as to scare these guys away.
>
> david
>
> -----excerpt from SANS newsletter--------
>
> --Bush Approves National Cybersecurity Strategy; Cybersecurity
>     Advisor Clarke Resigns
> (31 January 2003)
> President Bush has signed the National Strategy to Secure
> Cyberspace. The document will be released to the public within the
> next few weeks. In addition, Richard Clarke, White House
> cybersecurity advisor, is resigning his post; Clarke's deputy,
> Howard Schmidt, has assumed his duties.  Schmidt is the former chief
> security officer for Microsoft Corp. and has a strong sense of the
> importance of government and the private sector working together to
> address cybersecurity.
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6320-2003Jan31.html
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3285-2003Jan30.html
> [Editor's Note (Schultz): Howard Schmidt is a top-notch person, and
> I am glad to see that he is assuming the role vacated by Richard
> Clarke. (Paller) Dick Clarke did more to advance the cause of
> cybersecurity than anyone else inside or outside government. He'll
> be sorely missed by everyone who cares about protecting networks
> from attack.]
>
>
>
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