Sen. Collins Wants Answers: Why Did Hathaway Resign?

Senator Collins (R-ME) has asked Melissa Hathaway, acting senior director for cyberspace at the White House, for a copy of her resignation letter. Senator Collins, a senior ranking member on the Senator Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, has also requested that her staff members interview Hathaway regarding why she is leaving the Obama Administration.

Hathaway is a former Bush Administration cyber official and sited personal reasons for her resignation, effective August…

DHS Weakened By White House Cyber Czar Position?

Some lawmakers, including Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), are worried the new White House cyber coordinator will diminish the Department of Homeland Security power and ability to forward U.S. military cybersecurity.

Read the Computerworld article here.

UK Plans to Centralize Cybersecurity

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the UK announced the creation of a new national cybersecurity center  by the end of this month.

Cybersecurity currently falls under multiple agencies, including the Serious Organized Crime Agency and the Metropolitan Police e-crime unit.

The initiative is part of a u-turn in the UK government’s national strategy and an attempt to centralize cybersecurity, as described by the Guardian.

The initiative is very similar to…

Cyber Czar: the Contenders

It has been two weeks since the 60-Day White House Cybersecurity Review, and President Barack Obama has yet to name the new cyber czar.

After the 60-Day review came outl most believed Melissa Hathaway, the acting senior director of cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils and leader of the Cyberspace Policy Review, would receive the position. Her Wikipedia Page even states, “Ms. Hathaway is…

Potential ‘Cyber Czar’ Candidates Revealed

Melissa Hathaway, Rod Beckstrom and Paul Kurtz are the forerunners in the race to be the U.S. government’s first “cyber czar.” Don Adams, the Palo Alto-based chief technology officer, Worldwide, Public Sector for tech giant Tibco, said in a statement.

The Obama administration’s information security chief (a job title that still…

Obama to Name Cyber Czar This Week

President Barack Obama is expected to announce that he will create a “cyber czar” later this week, according to a Washington Post story.

The post will entail a senior White House official who will execute a broad mandate to develop national-level strategy to protect critical public and private computer networks, according to officials briefed on the plan.

The new adviser will have the broadest, most comprehensive mandate ever granted…