The Ultimate IT Security Job

The incoming Obama administration is being urged by a technology commission to create a new cybersecurity post that would report directly to the president.

According to a story in Monday's Wall Street Journal:

The new White House post is likely to be the most controversial of the commission's recommendations. In its report, the commission compared the job to that of the director of national intelligence. The cyber chief would report to the president and have his own staff of 10 to 20 people who would work with a beefed-up National Security Council cyber staff and federal agencies to implement the president's cyber policies.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies created the commission last year after a series of cyberattacks on federal computers. According to the Journal, Obama's transition team is seen using the commission's recommendations to help chart a path for the sprawling $15 billion cyber-security initiative launched this year by the Bush administration.

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