Since I
wrote about this hearing last weekend the House Homeland Security Committee
has updated
its web site with a list of DHS witnesses that will be testifying at
tomorrow’s hearing on cybersecurity information sharing and DHS capabilities.
They are:
• Mr. Charles K. Edwards, Acting
[emphasis added] Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
• Ms. Roberta Stempfley, Acting
[emphasis added] Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and
Communications, National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security; and
• Mr. Larry Zelvin, Director,
National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
It is a sign of the problems that DHS is having with
cybersecurity personnel across the board that two of the three DHS witnesses
testifying at the hearing are working in an “Acting” capacity. DHS is at a key
juncture in the evolving coverage of cybersecurity issues and they cannot hold
on to experienced personnel in key positions.
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It has been a revolving door since year one when Amit Yoran left. I am not sure there has ever been a year in DHS's eleven year history when half of the critical infrastructure protection positions were filled temporarily with "acting" personnel. The government cannot keep qualified people in these positions because it is simply too bureaucratic and frustrating.
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