Former Bush Official on Cybersecurity Returns to Government
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Howard Schmidt, now at eBay, will chair Homeland Security Dept.'s Computer Emergency Response Team.
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Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who distinguished himself in the tense days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been selected by President Bush to
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US President George W Bush is reported to have chosen a former New York City police commissioner as the new Homeland Security Secretary.
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WASHINGTON -- A former Bush administration official who led the fruitless postwar effort to find unconventional weapons in Iraq told Congress yesterday that the National Security Council had botched intelligence information before the war ...
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Gregory Garcia, the newly appointed assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications at the Department of Homeland Security, says there are a lot of cybersecurity plans afloat in Washington, but the latest one "is going to stick."
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally named a leader for its cybersecurity efforts on Monday, fulfilling a promise made last July by an agency that has drawn poor marks for digital security. Gregory Garcia has been named Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications, according to a statement released late Monday from Michael Chertoff, secretary of homeland security. Chertoff announced plans to create the position in July 2005 but it had remained empty despite pressure from the IT industry to fill it. Some observers have slammed the DHS for a lack of readiness to deal with threats against the country's IT infrastructure. The DHS was created in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Garcia comes to the DHS from the Information Technology Association of America, where he was vice president for information security policy and programs. He has also been secretary for the IT Sector Coordinating Council, a group involved in collaboration between industry and the DHS. "He brings both industry and government experience to bear," said Shannon Kellogg, director of government and industry affairs with EMC Corp.'s RSA division. "He has a lot of IT experience, but he also has telecom experience, and he's worked on the Hill." Garcia's appointment is a "very positive sign" that DHS is going to finally give cybersecurity the attention it deserves, Kellogg added. Earlier, Garcia worked on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science for the majority Republican party and helped to draft and enact the Cyber Security Research and Development Act of 2002. Garcia has also worked with the Americans for Computer Privacy and the American Electronics Association. He has a bachelor of science degree from San Jose State University in California. Robert McMillan of the IDG News Service contributed to this story.
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President Bush has picked as his homeland security secretary former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who helped the city respond to the Sept.
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Washington -- The nation&#39;s top cyber-security official has resigned unexpectedly, raising new questions about the progress of efforts to protect the nation&#39;s vast computer networks from terror attacks, electronic viruses and other threats, government and
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2004  - WASHINGTON -- New legislation expected to be introduced in the House today that would move the nation&#39;s director of cybersecurity from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House is apparently already dead
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Protecting the American homeland has become a full-time job and Tom Ridge did it well, if not perfectly. Homeland Security Secretary Ridge announced Tuesday he is returning to private life, marking the departure
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The government's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned after one year with the Department of Homeland Security, confiding to industry colleagues his frustration over what he considers a lack of attention paid to computer security issues within the agency.    Amit Yoran, a former software executive from Symantec Corp...
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated  federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and  architect of the anti-terror Patriot Act after the Sept. 11,  2001, attacks, to become secretary of homeland security.
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Homeland Security Department officials are reviewing the status of their cybersecurity chief, a position now vacant following the abrupt resignation of Amit Yoran See GCN story.
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Yoran helped form US-CERT, the government&#39;s cybersecurity information clearing house, but was reportedly frustrated with his post&#39;s limited authority and budgets.
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The United States' top  computer-security official has resigned after a little more  than a year on the job, the U.S. Department of Homeland  Security said on Friday.
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Government agencies need to better protect themselves against cybersecurity problems after congressional hearings and reports exposed weaknesses in 2007.
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The government's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned after one year with the Department of Homeland Security, confiding to industry colleagues his frustration over what he considers a lack of attention paid to computer security issues within the agency.