A Congressman Goes to DEF CON

defenseone.com ^ | 13 aug 2015 | PATRICK TUCKER

[DUMBGRUNT]

What is Will Hurd, Republican Congressman from Texas, doing here?

“The best way to defend digital networks is to have an attacker’s mentality,” Hurd told Defense One.

Hurd, who spent nearly a decade as an undercover CIA operative in places like Afghanistan, doesn’t freak out easily. ... For one thing, he ran a cybersecurity firm for four years. Naturally, he’s made cybersecurity a cornerstone of his legislative efforts.

[DUMBGRUNT]

A fair number of the conference-goers have mohawks, and if you don’t have one when you arrive, you can easily find someone on the conference floor with set of clippers.

[petro45acp]

Plays hob with “spot the fed” in Vegas.....

KYPD

[onona]

This is a guy our nation should be listening to.

[reed13k]

I’m really sorry, this seems important and I’ve had a really bad few days... can you summarize for me because I went to the link, but... well my focus is off...

[rikkir]

Your darn right it is.
If I was him I’d be looking at bringing in some of these “white-hats” to help.
Maybe some of the back-hats as well.

I hope they all have “mohawks”! :)

The Feds should be looking at the encryption systems, not trying to bring them down. They need to keep their hands off the darknet. We Conservatives may have to use it in years to come.