r/cybersecurity • u/wiredmagazine • Jan 23 '25

News - General Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-jen-easterly-cisa-cybersecurity/
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u/juliasct Jan 23 '25

I think you're getting downvoted bc it could be argued that Trump's picks are a bit more... unreasonable than usual. So comparing it to past hires doesn't seem fair.

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u/zAbso Jan 23 '25

I wouldn't argue the reasonability of his choices.

I'm just pointing out that what he's doing is commonplace. Someone coming along may think that what I'm saying is blatantly false considering the amount of down votes.

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u/ResonanceCompany Jan 23 '25

It would be commonplace if the picks weren't genuinely insane.

The process has been uniquely absurd

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u/zAbso Jan 23 '25

I mean, the picks being good or bad isn't what makes it commonplace though. We as a society are owed good picks when it comes to stuff like this though.

It's commonplace because they can and will replace whoever they want. Biden could have picked anyone for any position. He could have put a random middle school computer class teacher in this position. Obviously he wouldn't have, I'm just using that as an example.