首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The Department of Homeland Security has filled the nation’s top cyber-security post after the previous chief abruptly resigned l
The Department of Homeland Security has filled the nation’s top cyber-security post after the previous chief abruptly resigned l
admin
2010-05-14
33
问题
The Department of Homeland Security has filled the nation’s top cyber-security post after the previous chief abruptly resigned last week in a move that raised questions about the Bush administration’s commitment to protecting U. S. computer networks from electronic threats. Andy Purdy, who served as deputy cyber-security director under former National Cyber Security Division head and security industry entrepreneur Amit Yoran, will act as interim director, according to an email written by Robert P. Liscouski, the department’s head of infrastructure protection.
Purdy has been a member of the cyber-security division since it was set up in 2003, and was the vice chairman and senior adviser on information technology issues for the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Purdy declined an interview request. Homeland Security spokeswoman Michelle Petrovich said that "Cyber- security will continue to be a priority of the Department of Homeland Security and we plan to move quickly to fill the position with someone who has demonstrated leadership in this important field."
Purdy moves into his new role at a time when many cyber-security authorities say the Bush administration has come up short in its commitment to protecting the nation from computer viruses and other electronic attacks. Industry officials and security experts said he is a good fit for the job, but that the position needs more authority in order to make a difference.
"We’ve worked with Andy for a number of years .... He’s a very smart guy and very talented," said Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, an Arlington, Va. -based lobbying firm. Nevertheless, Miller said, the job "needs to be elevated".
"Andy is a terribly nice guy and will obviously try to do the best thing, but without authority and without the ability to reach up into the department and to reach out among other federal agencies as a more senior person, it’s going to be difficult for him to do the job," said Paul Kurtz, executive director of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance and a former White House computer-security official.
This is a problem that industry executives and former government officials said contributed to Yoran’s decision to resign last week. Yoran became director of the cyber- security division in September 2003 after the previous White House adviser, Howard A. Schmidt, resigned in April to become the head of security at online auction company eBay Inc. Schmidt succeeded Richard A. Clarke, who had stepped down three months earlier, warning that the administration needed to take online security more seriously.
Yoran, who declined to comment for this story, was in charge of implementing the recommendations in the administration’s national cyber-security plan, a document that received criticism from a variety of sources for failing to require the business community to strengthen its online security. He also oversaw the creation of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, which coordinates efforts to fight online network attacks.
Nevertheless, the problem with the position is that it is too far down [he chain of command from Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, said Rep. Mac Thornberry who’ sponsored a House bill to revamp the nation’s intelligence structure and elevate the cyber- security position.
It can be inferred from the passage that______.
选项
A、Andy Purdy’s position should be elevated if he is to do a good job
B、Amit Yoran and Andy Purdy could not cooperate well in their work
C、Howard Schmidt resigned in order to make big money at eBay Inc.
D、Tom Ridge should have condescended to work with Richard Clarke
答案
A
解析
见第三、四、五段。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/dZ3YFFFM
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Mytopictodayishowtoaddresstheproblemofhungerandstarvationwhichstillexistsinmanypartsoftheworld【C1】______st
A、AmericanEnglish.B、BritishEnglish.C、ChineseEnglish.D、AustralianEnglish.D
A、TheFairRussiapartyshallbeheadedbythefuturespeakeroftheFederationCouncil.B、Theupperhouseofparliamentshallc
"It’stoughtomakepredictions,especiallyaboutthefuture,"saidthatgreatbaseball-playingphilosopher,YogiBerra.Andyet
"It’stoughtomakepredictions,especiallyaboutthefuture,"saidthatgreatbaseball-playingphilosopher,YogiBerra.Andyet
ForyearswehavebeentalkingaboutaddictiontotheInternet,andthentothemobilephone.ArecentsurveyinUKfoundthat_
StateDetailsinAustraliaNewSouthWales(NSW)NSWlocalgovernmentisdividedintocity,municipalandshirecouncils.Th
Theworld’spopulationcontinuestogrow.Therenowareabout4billionofusonearth.Thatcouldreach6billionbytheendo
Shewasveryhandsome,withacertainfine,richcoloringthatbelongstothehealthybrunettype.Shewasquitecomposed,assh
随机试题
初产妇活跃期停滞是指进入活跃期后,宫颈口不再扩张超过()
二尖瓣狭窄时出现的体征有
A.抑制血小板聚集B.抑制凝血酶的产生和活性C.纤溶激活剂D.使血小板解聚E.单纯灭活凝血酶阿司匹林
居住区绿地系统的组成有()。
统计数据表明,某行业内市场有大量的公司和生产厂,市场的产品差异不大,生产和销售信息公开。E公司为了制定自身的发展战略,采用五因素模型对行业的竞争结构进行分析。部分因素分析如下。1.本行业的新进入者来自国内、国外两个方面。本行业是资本和技术密集型的行业
根据印花税暂行条例的规定,下列有关借款合同的计税依据的表述中,错误的是()。
无船承运商(NVOCC)是多式联运的()。
近来虐童事件频发,“老师妈妈”变成“狼外婆”,幼儿教师成为幼儿身心健康的“杀手”,甚至有的儿童不会做算术题就会被扇耳光。这些教师的做法违背了教师()的职业道德规范。
若a和b均是整型变量并已正确赋值,则正确的switch语句是()。
OnJune17,1744,theofficialsfromMarylandandVirginiaheldatalkwiththeIndiansoftheSixNations.TheIndianswereinv
最新回复
(
0
)