TheReff
Rod Griffin
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- May 15, 2011
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Biden has a consequence of misplaced priorities — the administration is too focused on climate change and renewable energy to fix the oil and gas supply. What in the world was he thinking in closing down the Keystone XL pipeline anyway? Gas lines are forming up and down the East Coast while Biden is "fiddling in Rome"
The assault — via ransomware from the cyber gang DarkSide — is the latest ransomware strike on U.S. companies, and it is the biggest ever cyber assault on U.S. energy infrastructure. Those rising risks have cast a spotlight on some holes still in the Biden administration's teams that are tasked with bolstering U.S. defenses.
It took Biden almost three months to announce his nominations for the government’s top cyber jobs, national cyber director and director of DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Congress created the former position late last year to coordinate the federal government’s cyber strategy.
Biden also has not yet filled a range of important mid-level cyber positions, including the head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, which prosecutes criminal hackers such as the ones who breached Colonial; the State Department’s top cyber diplomat, who leads U.S. efforts to develop internationally recognized norms of responsible behavior in cyberspace; and the head of the Energy Department’s cybersecurity office, which works with energy companies to protect vital facilities. And late Monday, POLITICO reported that Michael Sulmeyer, a senior director for cyber policy at the White House's National Security Council, had left this job earlier in the day.
The assault — via ransomware from the cyber gang DarkSide — is the latest ransomware strike on U.S. companies, and it is the biggest ever cyber assault on U.S. energy infrastructure. Those rising risks have cast a spotlight on some holes still in the Biden administration's teams that are tasked with bolstering U.S. defenses.
It took Biden almost three months to announce his nominations for the government’s top cyber jobs, national cyber director and director of DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Congress created the former position late last year to coordinate the federal government’s cyber strategy.
Biden also has not yet filled a range of important mid-level cyber positions, including the head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, which prosecutes criminal hackers such as the ones who breached Colonial; the State Department’s top cyber diplomat, who leads U.S. efforts to develop internationally recognized norms of responsible behavior in cyberspace; and the head of the Energy Department’s cybersecurity office, which works with energy companies to protect vital facilities. And late Monday, POLITICO reported that Michael Sulmeyer, a senior director for cyber policy at the White House's National Security Council, had left this job earlier in the day.
