25% of Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His Insufficient Attention to Threats
http://fortune.com/2017/08/26/trump-cybersecurity-advisors-resign/?utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter
A quarter of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose purview includes national cybersecurity, have resigned. In a group resignation letter, they cited both specific shortfalls in the administration’s approach to cybersecurity, and broader concerns that Trump and his administration have undermined the “moral infrastructure” of the U.S. “The moral infrastructure of our Nation is the foundation on which our physical infrastructure is built,” reads the letter in part. “The Administration’s actions undermine that foundation.”
But the resigning advisors also said the Administration was not “adequately attentive to the pressing national security matters within the NIAC’s purview, or responsive to sound advice received from experts and advisors.” The letter also zeroed in on “insufficient attention to the growing threats to the cybersecurity of the critical systems upon which all Americans depend,” including election systems.
While he has ordered better security for government networks, Trump has shown little understanding or seriousness when it comes to the broader issues surrounding, in his words, “the cyber.” Most notably, he has refused to accept the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia engineered a hacking and propaganda campaign meant to subvert the 2016 presidential election, and even floated the idea of forming a cybersecurity task force with Russia. The administration also missed a self-imposed deadline for presenting a comprehensive cybersecurity plan.
In a report issued just after the mass resignations, the NIAC issued a report saying that dramatic steps were required to prevent a possible "9/11-level cyberattack."
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When dealing with Rumpledorangeskin you MUST constantly add his name and a LOT of pictures to any report. Otherwise, it will bore him and he'll lose interest quickly.
Trump's inaction for filling strategic positions in the government will come back to bite him in the ass. Problem is, it also bites every American in the ass along with the dumb shit, and some people in Texas can't afford ANY DELAY in government aid to help in their recovery.
Trump wanted to run this grand Koch brothers funded scheme to squeeze government down to the size of a lima bean. I sincerely believe we'll see how this has "succeeded" with the horrors being experienced in Texas right now. 
The DHS and FEMA were all but ignored by Trump and his cronies in his first 7 months in office. There are so many unfilled positions in both departments it will be a miracle if things run smoothly in the recovery efforts in Texas.
