Security experts disagree over how well the U.S. government and the nation's industries have protected and defended the critical infrastructure of North American networks, but one thing they agree upon is the increased vulnerability inherent in both control systems running Windows and connections with the Internet.
The departure of Amit Yoran from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) cyber security department earlier this month was viewed by some, including Vanguard Professionals' founder and CTO Ronn Bailey, as the continuation of a troubling pattern of frustrated figureheads who have been unable to get the resources and reach necessary to batten America's cyber hatches.
The departure of Amit Yoran from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) cyber security department earlier this month was viewed by some, including Vanguard Professionals' founder and CTO Ronn Bailey, as the continuation of a troubling pattern of frustrated figureheads who have been unable to get the resources and reach necessary to batten America's cyber hatches.
"I think it's a dire report of what's going on," said Bailey, who earlier this year undertook an effort to organize security professionals and government officials.
Bailey likened the resignation of Yoran -- who is a capable security expert but reportedly confided frustration to associates -- to those of former terrorism and cyber security head Richard Clarke and Howard Schmidt, a former Microsoft security officer and eBay official who last week returned to DHS to chair CERT.
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