Obama Creates ‘Cyber Czar’ Position To Fight Digital Threats
President Obama announced on Friday the creation of a “cyber czar” position, stepping up his administration’s efforts to better protect the nation’s computer networks.
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Friday the creation of a “cyber czar” to oversee an enhanced security system for U.S. computer networks.
The position is part of a long-awaited plan stemming from a review he ordered shortly after taking office.
Obama has called digital security a top priority, whether it’s guarding the computer systems that keep the lights on in a city and direct airliners to the right runway or those protecting customers who pay their bills online.
“Make no mistake, this world, cyberspace is a world that we depend on every single day,” he said, noting the range of technological tools used by Americans. “So cyberspace is real, so are the risks that come with it.”
Obama laid out broad goals for dealing with cyber threats while depicting the U.S. as a digital nation that needs to provide the education required to keep pace with technology and attract and retain a cyber-savvy work force. He also called for a new education campaign to raise public awareness of the challenges and threats related to cyber security.
“The task I describe will not be easy,” he said. “Protecting our prosperity and security in this globalized world is going to be a long difficult struggle demanding patience and persistence over many years.
“But we need to remember we’re only at the beginning,” he said, asserting the information age is only in its infancy.
The review will not dictate how the government or private industry should tighten digital defenses. Critics say the cyber czar will not have sufficient budgetary and policymaking authority over securing computer systems and spending.
Officials familiar with the discussions say the cyber czar would be a special assistant to the president and would be supported by a new cyber directorate within the National Security Council. The cyber czar would also work with the National Economic Council, said the officials, who described the plan on condition of anonymity because it has not been publicly released.
The special assistant title is not as high in the White House hierarchy as some officials sought. It would not give the czar direct, unfettered access to the president. Instead, the official would report to senior NSC officials — a situation many say will make it difficult to make major changes within the calcified federal bureaucracy.
Government and military officials have acknowledged that U.S. computer networks are constantly assailed by attacks and scans, ranging from nuisance hacking to more nefarious probes and attacks. Some suggest that the actions at times are a form of cyber espionage from other nations, such as China.
Obama did not announce who will get the job during Friday’s unveiling of the review, according to an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection process is ongoing. Other officials close to the issue say a handful of experts — both in and out of government — are under consideration.
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Could we stop using the term Czar?
opppsss forgot we have been over run by Commies.
Obama quote, “So cyberspace is real, so are the risks that come with it.”
This is a HUGE warning to us all. We are now on record as having been properly terrorized, err… warned.
Go to Hell Obama.
Obama Creates ‘Cyber Czar’ Position To Fight Digital Threats. Translation: The right wing wackos are gathering way too much momentum via the internet, we gotta stop ‘em while we can!
This goes back to Matt Drudge’s 1996 comments before the National Press Club, in which he quoted Hillary as saying “the Internet lacks a gatekeeper to filter the flow of information.” This “czar’s” mission is to identify and stomp out all political dissent from Bambi’s agenda, and under the pretense of “safety” such websites as ACCDF and PD.com will disappear.
Note to the Intelligence Agencies: Watch your backside. Bambi’s czar is coming to take Frankenstein away from you so it can be changed to domestic political espionage, in order to stamp out all political opposition to the Democrats. You have been warned.
Yup.
Just what we need, more unelected bureaucrats outside of the normal government structure that report directly to the president. With all these czars and their new levels of bureaucracy what happens when there are changes in administrations (Obama hopefully will be gone 4). The only possible outcome is a more dysfunctional government.
Why don’t we strengthen and use agencies already in place? This is a job for the FBI and NSA! The FBI and NSA are tasked with protecting America from enemies within and outside the country.
The reason - the czars report directly to the president, outside the eyes of Congress, the media, and the standard operating procedures developed to control the Executive Branch’s power!!
This is Tyranny.
“This is Tyranny.”
It’s one thing to read about it in history books its another to see it develop right before your eyes.
There was already a cyber warfare branch of the DOD that Bush put in place. I know firsthand, they recruited me, as the DHS recruited me earlier when they stood up that Deptartment.
This adds civilian policing and that is the issue.
The NSA and DHS and DOD already keep Americas secure nets safe (including Husseins blackberry).
This can only lead to nefarious snooping by the Feds into everyday Americans lives.
FISMA already covers this area. Why the expansion?
Another end run on freedom by the Shitcago Thug.
It’s obvious what they are creating and for what purpose. How do we defend against it?
I can only conjure up going unplugged. That’s how secure servers keep safe.
In a nutshell, you cannot protect against it. The scope of Frankenstein is to intercept ALL electronic communication, of ALL entities, within or entering/egressing the USA. It is then computer-analyzed to draw up a psychological profile on every one of us, and which is updated in real-time. It also “connects the dots” on who is communicating with whom.
Let me cite an example: Once upon a time, I had a retired friend from the “business” I’ll call “Rat Boy.” He left for the winter to stay with his wife, but didn’t tell anyone where he was going nor did he leave any credit-card trails suggesting his itinerary.
I wanted to talk to him, but got his Michigan answering machine. So I called his son, who mentioned his dad left to join his wife. He then gave me her phone number. I thanked him and hung up the phone. I then went to the bathroom to relieve myself, went into the kitchen to make an iced tea to sip on while talking to Rat Boy, and then called him.
He answered the phone, laughing. His friends still within the business wondered where he had disappeared to, so they set up Frankenstein to monitor all domestic phone traffic within the USA to trip on the mention of his name, along with related keywords, pronouns, etc., that might arise in normal conversation with anyone related to him (ergo, his son).
In the time it took me to call his son, relieve myself, make an iced tea and then sit down to call him, they intercepted and processed my phone call, extracted Rat Boy’s phone number from it, called him to say “Gotcha!” and to alert him to my impending call.
And that was seven or eight years ago. So you can imagine how improved the technology has gotten since then.
A straight on march to marxism, a newly embraced racism, the subtle squashing of the 1st and 2nd amendments of our Constitution. Government owned banks and manufacturing sector with a march towards government health-care.
You can bet your asses this site will be taken down people.
Time to organize rally points, I don’t think we have much time before they start to knock down doors.
Maybe I’m paranoid, but I feel it moving now, the warning shots fired recently (albeit 20yrs overdue)
cement my gut feeling.
I hope everyone understands the depths this is going to go. With access to every ISP, Control of EVERY ISP, these people will be able to search out every Gun owner in the Country,addresses, Medical Records…EVERYTHING! Cyber Czar, yeah right. Answers ONLY to Obama?
You know he is going to have HIS OWN red flag words & phrases so he knows who to go after. To many Czars and Obama Zombies and not enough Fed Up Patriots…
What do we do? Who do we go after? HOW DO WE DO IT?
The 700+ Chrysler dealerships were closed solely because their owners were big-time GOP donors. Thousands of people are now out of work for purely political retribution.
Black Panthers thugs have their cases dismissed by political appointees, even though the career lawyers had won convictions against them.
Voters identifying themselves as “Democrats” have plummeted since Bambi began revealing his true nature.
And now a West PA newspaper runs a classified ad wishing for the assassination of Bambi. It has started.
My gut tells me that someone’s going to kill Obama sometime this year. I don’t know who, or where. But too many people are now recognizing the existential threat he represents to America as a constitutional Republic.
Someone is going to kill him in the defense of America.
And that action, like the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, may well be the trigger to our next Civil War.