interesting article re. new regulations for internet security professionals

[Joshua Zeidner]

  a good clip w/ Jay Rockefeller on CSPAN :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS4uJeMs0Yc

  -jmz

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Lisa,
>
>   Im not sure if youre really capturing the spirit of this proposal.
> Jay Rockefeller has been trying to find a way to put controls on the
> internet for years.  Of course were told that it's for our own safety,
> and to reduce 'systemic risk'.  What its really about is inviting the
> government into the management of our communications infrastructure
> (hardly a new theme in American history).
>
>  -jmz
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> just thought some here might find this informative:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://musings.denninger.net/archives/198-The-Constitution-Dies-To-Thunderous-Applause.html?ref=joshuazeidner.com
>>>
>>> -jmz
>>
>> I read the purpose of the bill, which is:
>>
>> To ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States
>> and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications,
>> to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the
>> Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for
>> the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve
>> and maintain effective cyber security defenses against disruption,
>> and for other purposes.
>>
>> I did see Denniger has some real person interests he feels threatened here,
>> however, I don't read any of his fears outlined in the link you provide from
>> the actual "working draft" pdf [careful opening a PDF is a serious security
>> risk].
>>
>> I have worked my whole life in this security systems economy of profit, and
>> much as I hate loss of what we once fancied as "freedoms", we all saw the
>> writing on the wall with any "information technology", so I have to agree
>> wholeheartedly (after working contract for the Department of the Army) that
>> these measures are certainly overdue and the budget set forth too little too
>> late.
>>
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