Hathaway Resigns as Federal Cybersecurity Adviser

Melissa Hathaway has left her post as the country’s top cybersecurity adviser, casting even more doubt on who will take the open job of cybersecurity coordinator created by President Obama in May. Hathaway said she is resigning for personal reasons and has no interest in the coordinator job,...

A cynic's take on cyber czars and 60-day reports

On July 17, 2008, then Senator Barack Obama held a town hall meeting on national security at Purdue University. He and his panel covered issues of nuclear, biological and cyber security. I blogged about the event here and here. As part of his remarks at the event, Senator Obama stated: Every...

Hathaway, Obama administration swing and miss at RSA

Much of the talk at the RSA Conference last week centered on the lack of the unifying theme or big-time story that usually emerges to take over the show by mid-week. But there was, in fact, a major story, and it was the abject failure of the Obama administration, in the person of Melissa Hathaway...

Few details likely at RSA on Obama's cybersecurity review

One of the more widely anticipated keynotes at the RSA Conference this week is the talk by Melissa Hathaway, who was in charge of the Obama administration’s recently completed review of the country’s information security standing. However it now looks unlikely that Hathaway will actually reveal a...

The cybersecurity mess on the White House front steps

If President Obama thinks fixing the broken U.S. economy is a challenge, and ending the ground wars in the Middle East a conundrum, wait until he gets around to tackling cybersecurity. Obama must reverse the abject lack of any sort of meaningful coordinated defense against intensifying and...