Administration Loves RSA; Does It Get Love Back?
Last week was the annual RSA convention in San Francisco, the premier convention of cybersecurity professionals in America each year. This year the largest crowd ever gathered at the Moscone Center, and the Obama Administra
tion was out in force. It had three booths on the convention floor (including one
tion was out in force. It had three booths on the convention floor (including one
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Last week was the annual RSA convention in San Francisco, the premier convention of cybersecurity professionals in America each year. This year the largest crowd ever gathered at the Moscone Center, and the Obama Administration was out in force. It had three booths on the convention floor (including one from NSA with an absolutely cool Enigma on display) and I saw one national security advisor; one cabinet secretary; one undersecretary, an ambassador and several assistant secretaries in attendance. It was an effort to show the love.
Thus, the Administration has to be disappointed with the reviews it got. Here's an exceedingly unkind one from ZDNet. And even the New York Times sensed the skepticism:
tion was out in force. It had three booths on the convention floor (including one from NSA with an absolutely cool Enigma on display) and I saw one national security advisor; one cabinet secretary; one undersecretary, an ambassador and several assistant secretaries in attendance. It was an effort to show the love.
Thus, the Administration has to be disappointed with the reviews it got. Here's an exceedingly unkind one from ZDNet. And even the New York Times sensed the skepticism:
Not long after Mr. Johnson declared that “encryption is making it harder for your government to find criminal activity and potential terrorist activity,” large numbers of entrepreneurs and engineers crammed into the first of several seminars, called “Post-Snowden Cryptography.” There, they took notes as the world’s best code makers mocked the Obama administration’s drive for a “technical compromise” that would ensure the government some continued access.
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
