July 01, 2003 — CSO — Clarke is most recently known for his position as White House cybersecurity czar from 1998 to 2003—the culmination of 11 years in the White House, making him the longest-serving senior staffer. Previously, he spent 19 years in the Pentagon, serving variously as deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence, assistant secretary of state for military affairs, and coordinator of diplomatic affairs during the Gulf War. He was as comfortable serving Presidents Bush, Clinton and Bush Senior as he was talking sleeper cells with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday morning.
Clarke resigned his White House post
"Threats to a corporation are multifaceted. They may come from criminals, competition, hackers, terrorists or insiders. CSOs need to ensure that they are part of a corporate governance model that relates physical security, cybersecurity, privacy, continuity of operations and personnel security. They need to be part of a structure that involves the CIO, the COO, HR and the privacy officer. That structure must have regular access to the CEO and to a body within the board. A corporate security council model rises above the stovepipes of traditional wiring diagrams. Working together, members of such a council can identify multifaceted threats and develop integrated responses. They can advocate for the resources they need and, perhaps, be able to relate overall corporate security expenditures to an ROI.
What's next is a future of indefinite duration in which new technologies will continue to appear at a steady pace, each offering the hope of greater efficiencies and carrying with them the potential of danger. Wi-Fi seems to bring the freedom to move about, but it may (if not done properly) also allow malicious actors behind the firewall. Third generation, or 3G, phones may finally bring us the single portable device but could, in the absence of security software, be the weakest link in a network. VPNs allow road warriors to get at their desktops from the hotel room but can also zip any infection on the laptop right onto the corporate network. At the far end of the planning horizon, quantum computing will both destroy all current encryption protection and simultaneously offer those who have it an uncrackable code. Nanodevices will create truly ubiquitous computing but will pose a serious challenge to civil liberties and privacy.
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