ICANN Spins Appointment of New CEO – Rod Beckstrom
June 26, 1 Comment - Author: Simon JohnsonAs we suspected, ICANN has hired Rod Beckstrom as its new CEO. If you look at the House of Reps grilling of ICANN, there was an underlying theme of “security”, so this appointment doesn’t exactly come as a shock.
Beckstrom spent less than 12 months in the Department of Homeland Security, where he was the Director of the National Cybersecurity Centre. Now ICANN is plugging him as an Internet Security expert! Oh, give me a break!
I don’t believe that less than 12 months in a bureaucratic job puts you in the “expert category”, particularly when you resign after “after learning that orders were canceled for computers, network equipment, furniture and office space in Arlington slated for his group.”
While Beckstrom officially reported “to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Beckstrom said he has not yet had a meeting with her.” Here is his resignation letter.
Fast forward another 4 months to today, where he goes on the record saying “I do want to really understand how the IANA (Internet Assigned Names Authority contract) works, how the DNS system works.” Ummmm… this does not exactly inspire confidence! Shouldnt you know this already? But you are supposed to be an Internet security expert and you don’t know how DNS works! WTF?
Beckstrom is touting himself as this honest, straight talking guy, so lets see if he does the right thing and cancels these proposed gTLD’s. Action speaks louder than words.
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“so lets see if he does the right thing and cancels these proposed gTLD’s.”
Fat chance.
Same odds that Angelina Jolie will leave Brad Pitt for me or Scarlett Johansson will
overlook our (mine & hers) age difference.