- Fri Oct 1 2004 U.S. cybersecurity chief resigns
Amit Yoran leaves the Department of Homeland Security a little more than a year after joining.
Posted by Robert Lemos
- Mon Sep 15 2003 New U.S. cybersecurity guru named
The Bush administration taps Amit Yoran, a former executive at security company Symantec, to oversee the government's cybersecurity efforts.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Mon May 16 2005 Feds eye new cybersecurity post
Congress may try to fix the turnover in cybersecurity leaders by giving the position more weight.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Wed Jan 26 2005 The United States' battle to secure cyberspace
When it comes to building cybersafeguards, outgoing Assistant Secretary Robert Liscouski says the Department of Homeland Security has received an unjustified bad rap.
Posted by Robert Lemos
- Mon Sep 18 2006 Homeland Security fills top cybersecurity post
More than 14 months after announcing a top cybersecurity job, the department finally picks someone to fill it.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Fri Dec 19 2008 After six years, Homeland Security still without 'cybercrisis' plan
The department's cybersecurity division has spent about $400 million, but still has no way to respond to serious cybersecurity crises. Secretary Chertoff voices need for "a plan."
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Thu Nov 18 2004 Cybersecurity and the question of leadership
The success of the cybersecurity czar is more about the exercise of leadership than anything else, CompTIA policy chief Roger Cochetti says.
Posted by Roger Cochetti
- Fri Oct 8 2004 Access to Tom Ridge or bust
Another cyberczar has resigned, and CNET News.com's Charles Cooper wonders why nobody in government seems particularly concerned.
Posted by Charles Cooper
- Mon Sep 20 2004 Cybersecurity czar may get a promotion
Department of Homeland Security proposals would bump up the top official, give cash to colleges and notch up response to attacks.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Mon Oct 10 2005 U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?
Security experts say Homeland Security's cybersecurity division ill-prepared to handle major cyberattack.
Posted by Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache
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