[Infowarrior] - Giuliani to be PEOTUS' cyber advisory board chair

[Richard Forno]

(Nice consolation prize -- though this is the blind advising the blinder.  But these days, totally expected - because, loyalty trumps all.   --rick)


Giuliani to create cyber advisory group for Trump

By Eric Geller

01/12/17 09:41 AM EST

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/rudy-giuliani-cybersecurity-trump-233531

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is coordinating a group of corporate cybersecurity advisers for President-elect Donald Trump.

“The idea here is to bring together corporate leaders and their technological people,” Giuliani, a close Trump adviser, said Thursday morning on “Fox and Friends.” “The president will meet with them on an ongoing basis, as well as anybody else in the administration.”

The advisory board, Giuliani added, will "give the government all the information available in the private sector,” and “it’ll form a little more connection between these people who are doing cybersecurity so they can work with each other.”

Cybersecurity came to the forefront during the 2016 election, after alleged Russian hackers breached the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign in what intelligence officials said was eventually an attempt to help Trump win.

For weeks, Trump dismissed Moscow's hand in the breaches, but on Wednesday he conceded Russia was likely involved.

In a Thursday morning press release, the Trump transition team said the incoming president will host "a series of meetings" with corporate executives at companies working to fend off hackers.

The statement said Trump's "intent is to obtain experiential and anecdotal information from each executive."

"The attendees may or may not change from session to session, but the specific agenda subjects will likely change because of the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity," it added.

Giuliani was chosen to head the effort because of his recent private sector experience in digital security, according to the Trump team.

The former mayor has been interested in cybersecurity for more than a decade. His firm partnered with EY to raise awareness of corporate cyber issues in 2003. He currently chairs the cyber practice at the law firm Greenberg Traurig.

“A lot of the solutions are out there, we’re just not sharing them,” Giuliani said on Fox. “My belief is, as always, that the answer to cybersecurity is going to be found in the private sector.”

Trump has promised to task his White House national security team with delivering a report on government cybervulnerabilities within 90 days of his inauguration.