On November 28 U.S. President G. W. Bush appointed Marie O’Neill Sciarrone to be Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Policy.
“The President has named Marie O’Neill Sciarrone to be Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Policy. Ms. Sciarrone recently served as Director of Protection and Information Sharing Policy on the Homeland Security Council staff. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.”
What impact will this have on how information will be protected by the U.S. government?
Time will tell.
I couldn’t find a job description or responsibilities document for this position, or the others with cybersecurity responsibilities. The mission objectives and functions for the U.S. Cybersecurity division can be found here.
It shows that the White House is either 1) trying to put forth more effort to address information security and cybercrime issues; or 2) trying in the last 13 months of his term to put the president on the books as trying to address information security and cybercrime issues.
This is seems to be a promotion for Sciarrone, who worked on similar issues as director of protection and information-sharing policy at the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
I wonder why the White House usually does not fill their information security positions with folks who have information security certifications, such as a CISSP, CISM or others?
True, you can be very knowledgeable and experienced without a certification, but it would seem to be a good prerequisite for a government position of this type.
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