Dept. of Homeland Security To Build Better Cyber Workforce 57
coondoggie writes "Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today said the agency will form a cybersecurity workforce task group that will consider strategies such as expanding DHS involvement in cyber competitions and university programs, enhancing public-private security partnerships and working with other government agencies to develop a more agile cyber workforce across the federal government. The new task force will be co-chaired by hacking expert Jeff Moss who now works for the Homeland Security Advisory Council and Alan Paller is director of research at the SANS Institute."
Re:first step (Score:5, Insightful)
Stop calling it "cyber".
As much as I dislike the word "cyber" and the overuse of it as a prefix, it's not really "wrong" anymore. It's been used so much that it has acquired legitimacy and meaning in the eyes of the masses, even if we who are computer-aware still wince when someone says it on air.
When a scumbag (read: politician) says "cybersecurity", you and I both know that he means "computer/network/information security", even as we groan. Much as we wish it were not so, it's the way things are now.
Sorry.
The real experts on "cyber" security... (Score:5, Insightful)
When Bruce Schneier and Eugene Kaspersky sign on, it will be apparent that there
are true experts in the field.
Until then, the US Department of Homeland Security is nothing more than a joke.
They disrupt airline travel, train travel, and now have roving "viper" patrols to
harass motorists. They've done nothing useful in 10 years. That's right, an
entire decade of harassing travelers... with nothing to show for it.
"Well you haven't seen terrorists take over airplanes, so clearly we're effective!"
I haven't seen Santa Claus or Jesus either, so I'm guessing DHS took them out
at the same time as all the terrorists. Either that or the terrorists really used
airplanes as an attack vector 11 years ago and have now MOVED ON.
Do they know anything about "Cyber" security? If so, have they stopped using
Microsoft Windows -- the number one attack vector of computer security problems --
and moved to a secure operating system? No. Are they still using Internet
Explorer -- the most malware open browser -- to view the Internet? Yes. Are they
still sending meeting requests to each other using Outlook -- the most malware-
friendly scheduling tool -- yes.
Until DHS can demonstrate a purpose, reason for existence, an understanding of
technology in general [milimeter wave spectroscopy, let alone Windows], they are
not only the WRONG leader to follow. They are a loud obnoxious neighbor throwing
up in everyone else's back yard.
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