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Nevilledog

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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:13 PM Nov 2020

Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for DHS's CISA has been fired (Bryan Ware)



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Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Bryan Ware bas been fired. Looks like Trump wants to leave our Infrastructure wide open for attack
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult
A senior U.S. cybersecurity official is leaving government after being asked to resign, an official familiar with the matter said Thursday, part of a wider thinning of President Donald Trump's...
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Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for DHS's CISA has been fired (Bryan Ware) (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
Did Ware get caught block Russian cyber threats? NCjack Nov 2020 #1
He is burning down the house.... Pachamama Nov 2020 #2
RUMP has DESTROYED so many lives!! bluestarone Nov 2020 #3
He wants it open for the 'recounts'. nt woodsprite Nov 2020 #4
Surprised it didn't happen a few months ago, before the e;ection. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #5
AND REPUBLICANS SAY NOTHING!!!!!! McConnell!???? Richard Burr w/ Intelligence Committee? BComplex Nov 2020 #6
As someone pointed out exboyfil Nov 2020 #8
Putin's bdamomma Nov 2020 #7
What Putin wants, Putin gets. nt BlueLucy Nov 2020 #9
This is really terrifying. BComplex Nov 2020 #10
oy. Not sounding good. stillcool Nov 2020 #11
I don't know Mr. Ware, & I'm sorry he got DT's ywitter axe, but I do know department Directors are napi21 Nov 2020 #12
I hope you're right, but... not so sure about that, unfortunately. crickets Nov 2020 #13

Pachamama

(16,875 posts)
2. He is burning down the house....
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:16 PM
Nov 2020

But before that, he is inviting the Looters to come in and take what they want....



This is insane....our National Security and the safety of our Nation are quite literally being compromised and endangered before our very eyes....

OAITW r.2.0

(23,860 posts)
5. Surprised it didn't happen a few months ago, before the e;ection.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:19 PM
Nov 2020

Oh well, another act to investigate. DOJ is going to be a very busy branch of the federal government starting in January.

BComplex

(7,984 posts)
6. AND REPUBLICANS SAY NOTHING!!!!!! McConnell!???? Richard Burr w/ Intelligence Committee?
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:24 PM
Nov 2020

Nobody??? Do republicans care ONE WHIT about the USA, or only about their party?

Are they letting this go so they can bring down Joe's presidency?

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
8. As someone pointed out
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:28 PM
Nov 2020

These vote totals are in databases. The results have not be certified yet. Everyone should write their GOP Senators (as if it would do any good).

napi21

(45,806 posts)
12. I don't know Mr. Ware, & I'm sorry he got DT's ywitter axe, but I do know department Directors are
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:03 PM
Nov 2020

decision makers, not worker bees. Because it's only 69 days until we have a new President, I think the Cyber Security division of Homeland Security should be fine.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
13. I hope you're right, but... not so sure about that, unfortunately.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:08 PM
Nov 2020



https://thenextweb.com/politics/2019/10/25/white-house-cybersecurity-chief-quits-says-leadership-is-inviting-an-attack/

White House computer security Chief Dimitrios Vistakis gave the White House one helluva resignation notice earlier this week when he quit over practices he dubbed “absurd” including the systemic purging of cybersecurity staff.

They say that history repeats itself. Unfortunately given all of the changes I’ve seen in the past three months, I foresee the White House is posturing itself to be electronically compromised once again. Allowing for a large portion of institutional knowledge to concurrently walk right out the front door seems contrary to the best of interests of the mission and organization as a whole.


The above quote, taken from a memo obtained by Axios and sent by Vistakis summarizes the former director’s worries. The rest of the letter paints the picture of a Trump administration hellbent on purging the Obama-appointed security specialists tasked with defending White House computers in the wake of a 2014 breach. [snip]

Vistakis' greatest complaint seems to be that White House officials are prioritizing the President’s comfort or convenience over actual computer security.


Link to Axios memo - Oct 2019
https://www.axios.com/scoop-cyber-memo-warns-of-new-risks-to-white-house-network-9aa19c6c-77a3-485b-919b-1dd9bd691514.html

A bit further down in the thread:



Exclusive: U.S. official focused on election security will be replaced - Feb 2018
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1G62NI

The head of a federal commission who has helped U.S. states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is being replaced at the behest of Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and the White House.



The wrecking ball has been swinging against US cybersecurity for a while now.

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