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White House kicks infosec team to curb in IT office shakeup
An internal White House memo published today by Axios reveals that recent changes to the information operations and security organizations there have left the security team in tumult, with many members headed for the door. And the chief of the White House's computer network defense branch—who wrote the memo after submitting his resignation—warned that the White House was likely headed toward another network compromise and theft of data.
The White House Office of the Chief Information Security Officer was set up after the 2014 breach of an unclassified White House network by Russian intelligence—a breach discovered by a friendly foreign government. But in a July reorganization, the OCISO was dissolved and its duties placed under the White House Office of the Chief Information Officer, led by CIO Ben Pauwels and Director of White House IT Roger L. Stone. Stone was pulled from the ranks of the National Security Council where he was deputy senior director for resilience policy. (Stone is not related to indicted Republican political consultant Roger J. Stone.)
[...] "It is my express opinion that the remaining incumbent OCISO staff is being systematically targeted for removal from the Office of Administration," departing White House network defense branch chief Dimitrios Vastakis wrote in the memo. The security team had seen incentive pay revoked, scope of duties cut, and access to systems and facilities reduced, Vastakis noted. Staffers' "positions with strategic and tactical decision making authorities" had also been revoked. "In addition, habitually being hostile to incumbent OCISO staff has become a staple tactic for the new leadership... it has forced the majority of [senior civil servant] OCISO staff to resign."
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 25 2019, @07:57AM (8 children)
FFS, this leadership is finishing up it's third year, in a four year term. There's nothing "new" about it. That phrase makes the whole memo sound like the crazy ramblings of a disgruntled old fool of an employee. Where's the bit about, "I kept waiting for the real leadership in this country to impeach the imposter, but they've been too slow!"
(Score: 5, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 25 2019, @08:08AM
Dotards. Both Dotard in the Dotard house, and the dotardly fool posting this that I had to fix for him, since his mind is going.
"Daisy, Daisy, I'm half crazy, over the love of Trump! We can't afford, . . . well, much of anything after the tarriffs and the drops in ag prices, and the layoffs down at the plant, But you'll look sweet, upon a seat, with a MAGA hat on your head!"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 25 2019, @12:02PM (5 children)
Yes, Trump is trying to shrink the government. There are thousands and thousands of make work jobs that need to be cleaned up.
I remember when putin expelled some diplomats and he thanked him, saying he didn't even know they were there, and asking wth they were doing anyway.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/trump-putin-diplomats/index.html [cnn.com]
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday October 25 2019, @03:47PM (4 children)
Yes, cutting security because you think it's worthless is a great idea.
That's the conclusion of every single security breach thread here on SN for sure! /s
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 25 2019, @04:10PM (3 children)
I'm well aware of the Federal government's IT security, it is garbage that they pay far too much for (just like everything else they do).
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 25 2019, @05:40PM (2 children)
I totally agree 110%,
The answer is most obviously no security.
That is why I don't use condoms, because the Latex industrial complex is fixing prices.
No excuse me while I apply some ointment to my rash....
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 25 2019, @05:48PM (1 child)
If your choice is a condom with a hole in it vs no condom at all, which would you choose?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 27 2019, @02:54AM
abstinence
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 25 2019, @04:02PM
I think it is a freudian slip. It shows that the long-term bureaucrats regard Trump as an outsider to the normal Democrat/Republican business-as-usual swamp. Three years is new when you consider how long the inside group of political dynasties has been running things.