Peak Air-Gapped Cybersecurity Leadership

Description

A tweet screenshot from the verified WIRED account says, "Not only has Japan's minister of cybersecurity never used a computer, he admitted to parliament that he doesn't know what a USB drive is." The embedded article card shows a suited Japanese official in front of a Japanese flag and the headline "Japan's Top Cybersecurity Official Has Never Used a Computer," with "wired.com" underneath. The post jokes about the real 2018 story involving Yoshitaka Sakurada, whose lack of hands-on computer familiarity became a symbol of nontechnical oversight in technical policy roles. The technical relevance is the gap between cybersecurity governance titles and basic operational literacy, especially when even removable media risk is outside the official's vocabulary.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick The safest USB policy is apparently appointing someone who treats USB like an unpublished RFC.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The safest USB policy is apparently appointing someone who treats USB like an unpublished RFC.
@callofvoid0 3y

aha
@TohaMakarenko 3y

best protection is not using it
1. @prirai 3y
  
  You get it!
@callofvoid0 3y

just like members of our "comitee of defining online criminal content"
@Strangerx 3y

security through obscurity
@Agent1378 3y

He is a minister, a very high level political person who can lead his ministry on general terms. His subordinates is who must know everything and have competence. That's all kind of stupid but ministers can change every 3-5 years, but most of the other stuff - stays and does the job
1. @prirai 3y
  
  That's actually true. Minister is simply for signing bills, looking up major finances, etc
  
  @elonmasc_official 3y
  
  Actually… no
2. @neizvestnyi 3y
  
  How's he gonna decide which project to support with govt money and which one is a scam by his subordinates?
  
  @Agent1378 3y
  
  Welcome to the desert of real 😁
  
  @neizvestnyi 3y
  
  Looks like in those deserts, ministers better have at least some understanding of a field.
  
  @Johnny_bit 3y
  
  The good/bad news is that ALL politicans are like that.
  
  @elonmasc_official 3y
  
  “There is no truth” “Who did say that the Earth is not flat?!” And other bullshit
3. @MrStaudinger 3y
  
  Very true, it's not that uncommon to find MBA managers who have no tech background even in big tech companies.
Deleted Account 3y

Parece no BR
@FunnyGuyU 3y

Your computer won't get hacked if you do not have a computer.