BREAKING (Not a Joke): Tech Geek Giuliani To Head Trump Cybersecurity Effort

Source: The Resurgent | January 12, 2017 | Steve Berman

Rudy Giuliani will head a new cybersecurity team for soon-to-be President Trump.

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This one act is proof positive that Trump is completely unserious about “the cyber” and its security. He doesn’t use email, and apparently, he’s more than happy if none of the rest of us do. Because if Giuliani is our cybersecurity expert, the Russians and Chinese will be reading everything you type, and Siri will soon ask you to repeat what you just said so the Chinese can transcribe it properly.

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In other words, whether you agreed with Apple’s stance or the government’s regarding Farook’s phone, Trump’s response was stupid. And this move to put a man who doesn’t know an emoji from a trojan malware in charge of cybersecurity policy is an on-purpose sabotage of real solutions, and a little reward for a rabid Trump supporter.

Guiliani defenders will cite “Giuliani Partners” and Guiliani Security & Safety, which has made a boatload of money selling penetration testing and security services to corporations (i.e. friends of Rudy) for years. As someone who’s done real cybersecurity for years, I have to agree with Gizmodo here. Companies that sold “cybersecurity” in the early 2000’s were mostly selling garbage. Many of these companies sell checkbox packages that aren’t worth the very high price tag, and don’t really address problems.

Trump has zero understanding of “the cyber” and security, although he does know that “no computer is safe,” which is why he generally doesn’t use them. He also knows that throwing bones to old New York buddies who want to spend taxpayer money to feather their own beds is a good way to keep them happy.

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