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Thread ID: 15200 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2004-10-04
2004-10-04 00:31 | User Profile
By TED BRIDIS AP Technology Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - 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., informed the White House about his plans to quit as director of the National Cyber Security Division and made his resignation effective at the end of Thursday, effectively giving a single's day notice of his intentions to leave.
Yoran said Friday he "felt the timing was right to pursue other opportunities." It was unclear immediately who might succeed him even temporarily. Yoran's deputy is Donald "Andy" Purdy, a former senior adviser to the White House on cybersecurity issues.
Yoran has privately described frustrations in recent months to colleagues in the technology industry, according to lobbyists who recounted these conversations on condition they not be identified because the talks were personal.
2004-10-01 14:56:58 GMT
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2004-10-04 00:48 | User Profile
Londo,
I reckon he's stolen enough secrets to invoke the law of return. Either that or the F.B.I. is looking at him like they did Larry Franklin.
[QUOTE]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.[/QUOTE]
With a name like Amit Yoran I'd say that someone isn't paying a whole hell of a lot of attention to security.
2004-10-04 05:50 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Londo,
I reckon he's stolen enough secrets to invoke the law of return. Either that or the F.B.I. is looking at him like they did Larry Franklin.
With a name like Amit Yoran I'd say that someone isn't paying a whole hell of a lot of attention to security.[/QUOTE]
That was kinda my thought. I thought, "well, I guess he has his network and backdoors set up well enough he can start selling secrets."
I thought this was particularly telling, "felt the timing was right to pursue other opportunities"