Security News > 2010 > March > Pennsylvania's Web security officer leaves post a week after talking about PennDOT hacking incident

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/03/pennsylvanias_web_security_off.html By JAN MURPHY The Patriot-News March 10, 2010 Last week, Pennsylvania's chief information security officer Robert Maley was at an information security conference in San Francisco talking about a hacking incident involving PennDOT's computers. This week, Maley is gone. Gary Tuma, Gov. Ed Rendell's press secretary, confirmed that Maley is no longer employed by the state, but he declined to comment further, saying it is a personnel matter. Attempts to contact Maley yesterday were unsuccessful. Danielle Klinger, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation, said the agency is not aware of any hacking or breach that occurred involving scheduling system for its driving test. However, she said that a few weeks ago, "we did discover an anomaly and we have actually turned that over to [the state police] for further investigation. We're not sure what that anomaly is, but it is being investigated. Unfortunately, I can't provide any more details on it." Maley is listed on LinkedIn, an online networking site, as having worked as a former Swatara Twp. police sergeant before entering the information security field more than 24 years ago. It states he worked in information technology for the state in a variety of capacities as well as in the private and nonprofit sectors. On the agenda for the RSA Conference at which Maley appeared as a presenter last week, he was listed as a top-rated speaker and described as "one of the most high-profile experts in the field of securing the data of American citizens today." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/

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