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Ex-NSA bigwig Chris Inglis appointed America's national cyber director by Senate
2021-06-21 20:08

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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