Security News > 2021 > June > Ex-NSA bigwig Chris Inglis appointed America's national cyber director by Senate

Chris Inglis was last week appointed America's national cyber director, responsible for coordinating the government's computer security strategy and defending its networks.

The United States has been lacking a government computer security chief since President Trump eliminated the position of cybersecurity advisor to the National Security Council in 2018, then held by ex-NSA exploit extraordinaire and Christmas lights enthusiast Rob Joyce.

Inglis's appointment bodes well for Jen Easterly, a similarly experienced candidate for the job of Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The Biden administration has made online security a priority - or at least announced it as such by executive order.

Even if you can decrypt your data after an attack, basic security protocols would require a complete wipe of infected machines, or the network as a whole, to be sure.

Security shop Trustwave found 5,271 instances of VMWare vCenter Server open to scanning, over 80 per cent of which were still unpatched.

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