Using his power for profit
by digby
Alexander will lease office space from the global consulting firm Promontory Financial Group, which confirmed in a statement on Thursday that it plans to partner with him on cybersecurity matters.
“He and a firm he’s forming will work on the technical aspects of these issues, and we on the risk-management compliance and governance elements,” said Promontory spokesman Chris Winans.
“After a 40-year career in the military and the government, I am beginning an effort to see what I could do to help address the cybersecurity threats facing the financial services industry, its customers, and their assets,” Alexander said in a statement.
“This effort is in it’s exploratory stages, and I look forward to the work ahead.”Alexander spoke recently to a large industry trade group on his post-government plans. One person familiar with his pitch said it had an appeal much like the consulting expertise of Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff, two former homeland security secretaries who went on to establish their own firms.
“Clearly, there will be companies who’d have great interest in having an affiliation with him,” the source said.
Hey, these people need his input and protection. There’s a lot of money … er … freedom at sake.
This sounds about right:
Thinking Keith Alexander’s marketing pitch is, “I know where all the holes I’ve left in the Internet are.”
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 9, 2014
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