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  • From: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (Chris Hedemark)
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Bush's New Cybersecurity Policy
  • Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:26:20 -0600 (CST)

Greeeeat. So can we expect him to maintain the track record that he held
at Microsoft?
>
> 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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