So instead of trying to turn this into a Political us vs. them, or it’s all about hating Obama why not look at what the Bill actually says and draw some attention to what should concern all IT Professionals.

Section 7.
All IT Professionals working with the Feds or any network the President deems “critical” must have a Federal License or Certification to keep his job.

Section 8 and 9.
A panel of non-elected persons who answer only to the President will have total say over all Internet addressing and domain controls.

Section 18.
The President can declare a “cybersecurity emergency” and order the shutdown of any Federal computer system or network or ANY network somebody has declared as a critical infrastructure. There will be no review of what defines a “cybersecurity emergency” nor what is classified as a critical infrastructure, the power will reside in the Office of the President to decide either.

No matter your political views this Bill has millions, likely Billions in additional spending directly inserted in the Bill and Billions more in undefined spending with the enactment of new boards, reviews and more.

With much of our IT Management being done via remote including even outsourcing to foreign countries who is going to verify that tech in India is the tech that actually got certified by the Feds whereas a similar tech in the US would not be on a level playing field as he couldn’t “fake” the fact he took the test or qualifications.

As we finally see Antivirus 2009 infections dropping off we have a new variant doing the same old’, same old’. This one is called Secret Service and has the same look and feel as those before. If you see these screens please don’t click and think your installing a real antivirus program. This is all about stealing your Credit Card information.