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U.S. Cybersecurity Chief Abruptly Resigns

Wait a minute... Yoran held the top spot at Int-Q-Tel for only 4 months, resigning in April 2006, and from what I can gather, a quick succession of people have rotated in & out of various roles of "cybersecurity."

What's up with that?

An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

The government's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned from the Homeland Security Department amid a concerted campaign by the technology industry and some lawmakers to persuade the Bush administration to give him more authority and money for protection programs.

Amit Yoran, a former software executive from Symantec Corp., made his resignation effective Thursday as director of the National Cyber Security Division, giving a single's day notice of his intention to leave. He kept the job one year.

Yoran has privately confided to industry colleagues his frustrations in recent months over what he considers the department's lack of attention paid to computer security issues, according to lobbyists and others who recounted these conversations on condition they not be identified because the talks were personal.

posted by Fergie @ 6/28/2006 07:08:00 AM