Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security

[rbc]

The NSA’s former top cybersecurity official told Congress on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s attempts to mass fire probationary federal employees will be “devastating” for U.S. cybersecurity operations.

In testimony to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Rob Joyce, the former NSA cybersecurity director who retired from government service last year, warned lawmakers that countering Chinese hacking campaigns against critical infrastructure will require top-level cybersecurity talent at the NSA and other government agencies.

“Part of the defense is also having expertise and capacity in the government,” Joyce said. “I want to raise my grave concerns that the aggressive threats to cut U.S. government probationary employees will have a devastating impact on the cybersecurity and our national security.”
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Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security