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The Problem With Government Security

During the time I served as the CIO at the US Department of Transportation when I wanted to annoy my Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the CISO staff, I would point out that in my opinion there were two things wrong with computer security within the Federal Government.

First, we put security in charge.

Second, we kept secrets.

If we solved for those two issues, we would not have a security problem.

Of course, I was joking. Well sort of.The Problem With Government Security

My Slides from the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium

Last month I was the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium and Job Fair, http://www.umuc.edu/securitystudies/cybersymposium_agenda.shtml.

A few people asked me to post my presentation, but I have found that my current job as the COO at Powertek Corporation has caused me to miss many of my self-imposed deadlines for doing many things, including updating my blog.My Slides from the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium