Not exactly a surprise, but...
WASHINGTON -- The government's coordinator for cybersecurity programs has quit, criticizing what he described as the National Security Agency's grip on cybersecurity.
Rod Beckstrom, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, said in his resignation letter that the NSA's central role in cybersecurity is "a bad strategy" because it is important to have a civilian agency taking a key role in the issue. The NSA is part of the Department of Defense.
[From Cybersecurity Chief Resigns - WSJ.com]
...is not the Department of Defense a civilian agency? Sure, the Secretary of Defense is in the military's chain of command but the Secretary of Defense is a civilian. And come to think of it, is not the NSA a civilian agency too? If it's a military agency, this is the first time I've heard.
So maybe, I'm just saying maybe here, if this cybersecurity genius can't figure that much out it's not a completely bad thing he's going home.
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