http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/09/white-house-cyber-czar-being-called-total-n00b-just-comes-territory/94652/
By Jack Moore
Nextgov
September 19, 2014
Michael Daniel, the White House’s cybersecurity coordinator, courted
controversy last month when he gave an interview on his role setting cyber
policy for the Obama administration.
But it wasn’t his thoughts on how the government can better protect its IT
systems from intrusions or how the feds should respond to cyberattacks
that caused a fuss.
It was his résumé.
In an Aug. 21 interview with GovInfoSecurity, Daniel -- a 17-year veteran
of the Office of Management and Budget who came to his current position
two years ago largely unknown in technology circles -- was asked how much
of a techie the nation’s cyber czar actually needed be.
Daniel said it was important to have a “broad sense” of the role
technology plays in cyber policy, then added: “But you don’t have to be a
coder in order to really do well in this position. In fact, I think being
too down in the weeds at the technical level could actually be a little of
a distraction in that sense.”
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