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We Stand “No Chance Competing” In 20 Years— U.S. Air Force Chief Software Officer Resigns
“It’s time to say Goodbye!” — a cheerful title precedes a fiery rant about government incompetence
Despite the obscene amounts of money we continue pouring into the Pentagon, it seems the United States forgot to strengthen the most important piece of any 21st-century defense system: cybersecurity.
On September 2nd, 2021, the Chief Software Officer (CSO) of the Air Force & Space Force suddenly resigned from his post claiming he was “tired of hearing the right words without action.”
In a lengthy Linkedin Post, Nicolas Chaillan railed against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for its self-inflicted dysfunction.
These bad decisions range from appointing ill-trained personnel to leadership positions purely for their military rank, to hypocritically preaching the need for a stronger network architecture while denying the IT and cybersecurity programs the required funding to accomplish that goal.
“Please stop putting a Major or Lt Col. (despite their devotion, exceptional attitude, and culture) in charge of ICAM, Zero Trust or Cloud for 1 to 4 million users when they have no previous experience in that field — we are setting up…
