Bush admin says to name cyber security czar soon

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301212.html

Bush admin says to name cyber security czar soon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration promised on Wednesday to name a cyber security czar "very soon" to help prevent catastrophic attacks that could cripple the U.S. economy, filling a job that has been vacant since it was created one year ago.

Democrats have criticized the administration for taking too long to hire an assistant secretary for cyber security at the Department of Homeland Security at a time when viruses, worms and other attacks on business computers are increasing.

About one-fourth of America's economic value -- or some $3 trillion -- moves over network connections each day and may be vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to the Internet Security Alliance. The nature of potential attacks range from a broad "digital Pearl Harbor" that could ground airlines, cut off electricity and halt vast amounts of Internet traffic, to narrow attacks that steal identity or account information from individual banks, it said.

"We look forward to announcing the (assistant secretary) candidate to Congress very soon," George Foresman, preparedness undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security, told a House panel hearing.

[CBGLuthier]

1. Will he keep his streak going

Of appointing the absolutely worst qualified people on the planet?

[Tesha]

2. Whoever is the biggest spammer on the planet, Bush'll pick him. (NT)

[MissMillie]

18. bunch of foxes guarding the hen house

all over the place....

[AnneD]

3. Kiss the internet as we know it...

goodbye....More spying than what they are already doing. :hi: Agent Mike

[0007]

11. A Federal Case: Agencies Fail IT Security Test

If consistency were the goal, the federal government would score high in complying with computer security requirements—year after year Washington performs consistently poorly.

On the 2005 report card issued March 16, the government earned a D+, with agencies responsible for keeping the nation safe receiving some of the lowest grades: The Department of Homeland Security earned an F, the Department of Defense an F, and the Department of Justice a D.

"The agencies on the front line in the war on terror remained unacceptably low or dropped precipitously," said Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, which reviewed the grades sent to Congress.

The ratings are meant to show how well agencies meet the mandates of the Federal Information Security Management Act, which sets forth security standards as well as operational and reporting requirements.

Eight agencies failed the FISMA test in 2005, including the departments of Agriculture, Energy, State, Transportation and Veterans Affairs, but committee members took the information officers of DOD and DHS, in particular, to task for failing to show significant improvements over the last year.
More here

[AnneD]

12. You'd think....

they are like a cat watching the wrong mouse hole. Shore up YOUR OWN sites first then go trolling, but not every Tom, Dick, and Harry here. Look at the Al Quida sites.

But no the goal is not to capture Al Quida or terrorist but to retain power in this country. That, my friends is the real point of this exercise.

[Virginia Dare]

4. I think this position has been open for about 2 years now?

yeah, they'll get right on it, very soon...:eyes:

Meanwhile, the Chinese military pours billions into developing cyber attacks.

Wasn't it just a few months ago that the State Department's computer system was breached?

[democrat_patriot]

5. Maybe it's Harriet Meiers.

She probably uses a computer.

[sabra]

7. I hear she is familiar with the Internets

[democrat_patriot]

6. All the qualifieds are busy hacking Diebold machines.

[GeorgeGist]

8. I hear rumors that Patricia Dunn,,,

is available. She'd be a good fit for Bush. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=140309

[Parche]

9. cyber

Where is Brownie when you need him!!!!!!

[0007]

10. ......filling a job that has been vacant since it was created one

year ago?


Guess Richard Clarke won't be ask to fill the job

[CabalPowered]

13. Frontline has a really scary episode on cyber wars

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cyberwar/vulnerable/

It's worth watching. One particular section talks about how vulnerable the power grid is. One of the masked commentators...who is now on the Fed payroll says the worst case scenario is total loss of power, for the entire nation, for upto SIX months!

[Auntie Bush]

16. Now that's what I call scary!

Guess we'll have to hurry up and buy a little cabin by a stream in case we lose elec. during the winter. I also can't imagine Florida in the Summer without air conditioning.

[Akoto]

14. Breaking: Bush hires plumber to keep internet tubes clean.

[Auntie Bush]

15. Braking: Bush hires Dr. (GP) to keep internet free of viruses.

[BlueInPhilly]

17. Broken: Bush Hires Truck Driver to Drive Internets Dump Truck N/T

[Auntie Bush]

19. Well they should hire Richard Clarke back. That's

what he used to specialize in. No one has been doing that job since he left.

[liberal N proud]

20. Who ever he makes principle of the internet will surely send us all to

the detention.
I am sure the first thing they will do is end the dissension of the prezident on the internets. Can't comfort the enemy.

[Xenotime]

21. So when the digital version of Katrina hits...

I'll know who is at fault.

[Anakin Skywalker]

22. Cyber Security = Snooping on Porn

That's what it means to these rightwing CONservatives.

They were doing that when @$$croft was in charge a while back.

[truthisfreedom]

23. all they're going to do is monitor liberal online activities.

it's just bushco's constant expansion of government into their huge corrupt mafia organization, consolidating power to one sharp point. rove's office.

[JerseygirlCT]

24. This makes me very nervous. nt