full-disclosure - Re: Peiter "Mudge" Zatko petition to be named U.S. Cybersecurity Chief

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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:55:18 -0400
From: "Randal T. Rioux" <randy@...cyonlabs.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Peiter "Mudge" Zatko petition to be named
 U.S. Cybersecurity Chief

The Sp3ctacle wrote:
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mudge4cyberczar/index.html
> 
> This petition is posted in support for the nomination of Peiter Zatko
> (aka mudge) to the President's post of Cybersecurity Chief. We've all
> seen how effective past efforts have been regarding this initiative,
> and realize the importance of nominating someone who understands not
> only all facets of cybersecurity, but has garnered the respect of both
> peers and adversaries in the space. Dr. Zatko's bio is available at:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P... and
> http://www.allbusiness.com/gov...

Yeah, because if it is one thing he wants, it is a powerless figurehead 
position of bureaucracy and politics.

There is a reason why nobody stays in the high level (US) information 
security roles for long.

Randy

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