Comment on Louisiana Governor's Cybersecurity State of Emergency Renewal, grants the National Guard authority to undertake any activity authorized by law deemed appropriate in response

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Here is a summary of everything: lemm.ee/post/59671562

  But tldr for even that: One day last week the governor just declared he was suddenly moving the entire office that handles state emergencies (Governor’s office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness-GOHSEP) under the control of the state’s national guard.

  On the same day he also suddenly announced he was Renewing a previous state of emergency that was created by the previous governor to address a cyber attack.

  For some unknown reason that nobody has addressed, he added a new section to the renewed executive order that essentially says the director of GOHSEP has authority to do whatever he deems necessary to handle cybersecurity.

  Except when he moved GOHSEP to be controlled by the National Guard, he also removed the director of the office and gave him a new title. So there is no actual director.

  A member of the National Guard is acting director, so it would appear that the governor basically handed very broad control of cybersecurity to the national guard in a very underhandeded way hoping nobody would notice

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  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Here is a summary of everything:

    No, that’s no summary of anything, it’s yet another epic novel, O.M.G.

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    he also removed the director of the office

    So there is no actual director.

    the governor basically handed very broad control of cybersecurity to the national guard in a very underhandeded way hoping nobody would notice

    This might be the core. But what does it mean now?

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