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AskCyber Home » News » Cyber Security Legislation » Trump’s Cyber Security Czar Skips Hearing

Trump’s Cyber Security Czar Skips Hearing

2017-10-19 by Michelle Dvorak

Trump’s Cyber Security Czar Skips Cyber Security Hearing

A bipartisan panel of senators listened to testimonies from defense-related chiefs today. The hearing attendees included Senator John McCain met with officials from the FBI, Defense Department, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Absent was Trump’s Cyber Security Czar, Robert Czar. The senators were meeting to express their dissatisfaction with the administration’s handling of cyber security threats, including the Russian hacking of the US elections and other cyber security incidents.

Russian’s, including APT28, attempted to hack the 2016 US Presidential election. It is suspected, but unconfirmed, if local elections were also tampered with. The US response to investigate the election tampering has been uncoordinated and underwhelming. Russian actors also paid for Advertising on social media giant, Facebook’s ad platform. They used over 100 different Facebook profiles to hide the deception. Foreign nationals cannot contribute money to political campaigns. This includes expenditures related to a political campaign. However, it is questionable but possibly not illegal to place political ads even when done so by a foreign national. This is dependent on the content of the ads.

DHS is charged with protecting “critical infrastructure,” assisting states in their efforts to protect voting systems, and distributing threat information to other government agencies and private-sector partners.

  • The FBI is a Federal law enforcement agency that investigates internal intrusions and threats including those from foreign governments
  • The NSA is the offensive cyber security group. They investigate foreign actors overseas
  • Defense Department is responsible for NSA oversight
  • DHS is responsible for improving the structure of federal cyber security networks

In attendance was the Defense Department Assistant Secretary Kenneth Rapuano. “This is cyber warfare. Cyber is warfare,” McCain told Rapuano. “Cyber is an attempt to destroy a democracy. That is what Putin is all about.

Cyber security coordinator Rob Joyce did not attend a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Robert Joyce is the White House’s Cyber Security Coordinator and Special Assistant to President Trump. He was the former Chief of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations Organization. He has been the cyber security czar. Joyce was appointed as the cyber security coordinator in March 2017 after Trump took office. He will take over as the Acting Deputy Homeland Security Advisor.

Senator William Nelson (D-Florida), told McCain to “consider a subpoena to get the main witness” to appear. Senator McCain did threaten to Subpoena Joyce.

Filed Under: Cyber Security Legislation Tagged With: DHS, FBI, NSA

About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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