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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLies Abound Trump/Bolten Fired Cyber Security Joyce & Bosert 4/16/18 NOT REPLACED
THE WHITE HOUSE LOSES ITS CYBERSECURITY BRAIN TRUST - 4/16/18
TODAY, THE WHITE House confirmed that cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce will head back to the National Security Agency, where he previously ran the nations top hacking team. His departure comes just a week after Tom Bossert, Trumps cybersecurity czar and Joyces boss, was forced outand leaves the administration without two trusted voices on one of the most important challenges the US faces going forward.
While Bosserts exit appears to have been engineered by recently installed national security advisor John Bolton, Reuters reports that Joyce will leave of his own accord. But whatever the reasons for their respective absences, losing them will slow the ability of the US to think about big-picture cybersecurity concerns. And replacing them may not be easy.
To understand the impact of losing both Bossert and Joyce, its important to understand exactly what it is they do. As homeland security adviser, Bosserts purview extended beyond cybersecurity specifically, but America's security from digital threats has nonetheless been an area of particular focus for him since he served as deputy homeland security advisor in George W. Bushs second term. It was Bossert who called out North Korea for the WannaCry ransomware that threatened to seize up computers around the world in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, and who briefed the nation on Trumps cybersecurity executive order last fall. He was also seen as a potentially stabilizing force in a freewheeling administration.
Joyce, meanwhile, brought serious hacker bona fides to the White House earned after years of running the NSA's elite hacking team known as Tailored Access Operations. That experience helped navigate everything from if and when US spy agencies disclose valuable vulnerabilities to the countrys deterrence strategy in an increasingly combative online world.
https://www.wired.com/story/rob-joyce-tom-bossert-white-house-cybersecurity-policy/
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Lies Abound Trump/Bolten Fired Cyber Security Joyce & Bosert 4/16/18 NOT REPLACED (Original Post)
mitty14u2
Jul 2018
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woodsprite
(11,912 posts)1. I would love to think that all those upstanding
government workers who have gotten the shaft from Trump & Co are working with Mueller to bring this nightmare to an end. Unfortunately, and realistically, I would think they'd just want to get as far away from this crap as they could.
Johnny2X2X
(19,059 posts)2. Cyber
"Cyber is going to be huge, we got to do cyber better." Dipshit Traitor Trump.