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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwo months ago the WH Eliminated Cybersecurity Coordinator
White House Eliminates Cybersecurity Coordinator Role
By Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger
May 15, 2018
The White House eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council on Tuesday, doing away with a post central to developing policy to defend against increasingly sophisticated digital attacks and the use of offensive cyber weapons.
A memorandum circulated by an aide to the new national security adviser, John R. Bolton, said the post was no longer considered necessary because lower-level officials had already made cybersecurity issues a core function of the presidents national security team.
Cybersecurity experts and members of Congress said they were mystified by the move, though some suggested Mr. Bolton did not want any competitive power centers emerging inside the national security apparatus.
The decision was criticized by Mark R. Warner, a senator from Virginia and the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. I dont see how getting rid of the top cyber official in the White House does anything to make our country safer from cyber threats, he wrote on Twitter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/technology/white-house-cybersecurity.html
By Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger
May 15, 2018
The White House eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council on Tuesday, doing away with a post central to developing policy to defend against increasingly sophisticated digital attacks and the use of offensive cyber weapons.
A memorandum circulated by an aide to the new national security adviser, John R. Bolton, said the post was no longer considered necessary because lower-level officials had already made cybersecurity issues a core function of the presidents national security team.
Cybersecurity experts and members of Congress said they were mystified by the move, though some suggested Mr. Bolton did not want any competitive power centers emerging inside the national security apparatus.
The decision was criticized by Mark R. Warner, a senator from Virginia and the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. I dont see how getting rid of the top cyber official in the White House does anything to make our country safer from cyber threats, he wrote on Twitter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/technology/white-house-cybersecurity.html
So how are we going to protect our country from Russian cyber attacks?
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Two months ago the WH Eliminated Cybersecurity Coordinator (Original Post)
csziggy
Jul 2018
OP
Russia can bring this country to its knees, and now we have a willing president. These are truly
RKP5637
Jul 2018
#6
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Now we know why
dlk
(11,514 posts)2. This Action Was All Part of the Plan
Our country is in serious danger.
csziggy
(34,131 posts)4. We've been in serious danger since the Republicans took Congress
Even more so since Nov. 8, 2016.
Most people just now realized that the water in the pot is boiling.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)3. Notwithstanding that they have access to the power grids..
RKP5637
(67,089 posts)6. Russia can bring this country to its knees, and now we have a willing president. These are truly
scary times.
RKP5637
(67,089 posts)5. All part of the GOP coup's war plan IMO. IMO we are being undermined with many complacent/complicit
players in the GOP. I wonder how many are on Putin's payroll.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)7. Yep
kr