Cybersecurity

[unixronin]

bruce_schneier on why the NSA should NOT be in charge of US cybersecurity:

Putting national cybersecurity in the hands of the NSA is an incredibly bad idea. An entire parade of people, ranging from former FBI director Louis Freeh to Microsoft’s Trusted Computing Group Vice President and former Justice Department computer crime chief Scott Charney, have told Congress the same thing at this month’s hearings.

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Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Do we really need yet ANOTHER new government department? The government is already spending us out of house and home.

[lizzibabe.livejournal.com]

How else are we going to find a bunch of people who don't have such a nasty conflict of interest?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Maybe the government could call in some folks from some of the big data security orgs to show them how it's done? If the government does it, the appointments will be politically motivated and the odds are they'll screw it up anyway.