Former House Speaker Paul Nakason has a warning to the world of technology

Trump administration Radical changes Group fire Rough the Federal governmentCreate uncertainty about the priorities of cybersecurity, which was presented this week in two of the country’s most prominent digital security conferences in Las Vegas. Robert Costilo, head of the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Agency, Robert Costilo said on Thursday during a defense committee for decisive infrastructure on Black hat.

As in other parts of the federal government, the Trump administration was combing the intelligence and cyber security agencies to remove officials It is seen as unwanted on its agenda. Besides these transformations, the White House was hostile to the former American cybersecurity officials. In April, for example, Trump specifically wave All departments and agencies to cancel the security permit of former CISA director Chris Krebes. Last week, after criticism of the right -wing right -wing activist, Laura Lumer, the Minister of the Army He canceled an academic date The former Cisa exit was scheduled to fill Jen Easterly in West Point. Amid all this, the former US National Security Agency and the head of the Internet Command Paul Nakason Talk to the founder of Defcon Jeff Moss in a stage of stage on Friday, focusing on Amnesty Internationaland Internet crimesAnd the importance of partnerships in digital defense.

“I think we have entered an area now in the world, as technology has become mainly political, each of us is conflicting,” Moss said at the beginning of the discussion. Nakason, who is in a board of directors OpenaiHe agreed, referring to Trump’s launch in January of the “Stargate” initiative of the artificial intelligence infrastructure surrounded by Larry Ellison from Oracle, Ibn Masaiushi in Softbank, and the Medal of Al -Tamman from Openai. Then after two days, only by chance, (Chinese artificial intelligence platform) Dibsic Exit, “Nakasone Deadpare.” Amazing. “

Nakason was also reflected in the demographic differences between the US federal government and the technology sector.

“When I was the director of the National Security Agency and the commander of the American Internet Command, every quarter will go to the Gulf or I will go to Texas, Boston or other places to see technology,” he said. “Everywhere I went to him, I was the weakness of the people who spoke with me. Then when I went back to the capital and sat on the table, I was a young man there. Well, this is a problem. This is a problem for our nation.”

Throughout the discussion, Nakason directly directed his observations towards efforts to confront the traditional American competitors and opponents, including Chinaand Iranand north koreaAnd RussiaAs well as specific digital threats.

He said: “Why don’t we think differently in Ransomwari, which I think is now among the great pains that we have in our country.” “We are not making progress against Ransomwari.”

Sometimes, Moss tried to direct the conversation towards geopolitical changes and conflicts all over the world that feed the uncertainty and fear.

“How to be neutral in this environment? Can you be neutral? Or is the world environment since last year, Ukraine, Israel, Russia, and Iran, just your choice, America – how does anyone remain neutral?” Moss asked at the beginning of the conversation. He later added: “I think I am very tense from the chaos of the situation, I am trying to feel how I can control?”

In reference to these notes and comments made by Moss about the transformation into open source software platforms as an alternative to community building for multinational technology companies, Nakason hinted at the idea of Moss that the world and his entry into an unstable flow.

“This will be an interesting story that we play in two years 25 and 26. When we go back (Defcon) next year to get this discussion, will we continue to get this feeling, oh, we are really neutral? I don’t feel it. I think it will be very difficult.”