NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins 634
sl4shd0rk writes "NSA Director Keith Alexander has decided that the best way to prevent illegal data leaks is to reduce the number of ears and eyes involved. During a talk at a cybersecurity conference in New York this week, Alexander revealed his plans to cut 90% of the System Administration workforce at the NSA. 'What we're in the process of doing — not fast enough — is reducing our system administrators by about 90 percent,' he said. Alluding to an issue of mistrust, Alexander further clarified: 'At the end of the day it's about people and trust ... if they misuse that trust they can cause huge damage.' Apparently, breaking the law and lying about it leaves one without a sense of irony when speaking in public."
At the end of the day (Score:5, Funny)
"At the end of the day it's about people and trust"
I... it's.... but...
*pop*
Re:Question.... (Score:5, Funny)
As long as we imprison the other 10%
Re:So then, this is the way you secure your system (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry, they've already got subcontractors in Hong Kong lined up for the job.
Subcontractors (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry, they've already got subcontractors in Hong Kong lined up for the job.
I think he's in Russia now...
Re:Alternatively... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh sure. Just ask for the world on a plate while you're at it, why don't you? What next? Ask us to stop lying to Congress or sharing intelligence on foreign citizens of countries that agree to do the same for our citizens?
-- NSA
Re:The actual deterrent (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So firing 90% of their admins (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:4, Funny)
>plans to cut
>previous access
I'm not sure you understand the difference between past and future tense. Basically. ALL sysadmins there now know there's a 90% chance their job is about to go away. As they sit there at their desks. With their computers. And access.
On the bright side though, does this mean American corporations will finally have a pool of qualified domestic tech talent to pick from rather than H1-Bs?
Re:ever hear of best practices?! (Score:5, Funny)
Yes?
Re:So firing 90% of their admins (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The actual deterrent (Score:4, Funny)
Wanted to go see a freer society?
Re:Question.... (Score:5, Funny)
It's not a waste of time - you're the target.
You don't agree with the government.
Re:NSA-National Storage Agency? (Score:5, Funny)
Can't we use FOIL to recover lost files?
(5 - a)(a + 3) = 5a + 15 - a^2 - 3a = -a^2 + 2a +15
Not seeing how I can recover lost files...
Re:At the end of the day (Score:4, Funny)
Are we sure Keith Alexander isn't a cylon?
Re:ever hear of best practices?! (Score:5, Funny)
At this point, I'm all for someone that is a bit more honest and straightforward and stable....like Charlie Sheen.
Re:Hmm (Score:4, Funny)
We will outsource it to China or India. They have full access to the systems anyhow, they might as well keep the systems running ;-)
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
More precisely, is there anything Obama has said since he gained the public eye in 2007 which hasn't been 180 degrees from the actual truth?
Yes. He said he was going to get his daughters a dog, and he did. A promise was made, and a promise was kept.
Strategic goal of the NSA -- ERROR (Score:4, Funny)
So, I was researching to comment/argue with a previous post and typed into google "goal of the nsa"- and the first link was: http://www.nsa.gov/about/strategic_plan/ [nsa.gov]
Coincidentally that returned "Internal Server Error...unable to complete your request."
HAH!
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
No! Never! There's always an IT skills shortage until every American in IT has been replaced with an H1B!