Security News > 2009 > August > Cybersecurity Official Resigns

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080702805.html By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer August 8, 2009 A top operational official in charge of protecting civilian government computer networks has resigned, dealing another blow to the federal effort to enhance cybersecurity. Mischel Kwon, the director of the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, submitted her resignation letter this week. "Moving on is a hard step for me, but one I must take," she said, according to the letter obtained by The Washington Post. Kwon, who is the fourth US-CERT director in five years, was frustrated by bureaucratic obstacles and a lack of authority to fulfill her mission, according to colleagues who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Her departure follows the resignation of the lead White House cybersecurity official, Melissa E. Hathaway, who said last week that she would step down. In March, another Homeland Security cybersecurity official, Rod Beckstrom, resigned, citing a lack of support inside the agency and what he described as a power grab by the National Security Agency. [...] ________________________________________________ Visit & Submit to the Defcon Memory Repository http://www.defconpics.org/

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