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"   Rumors are circulating that Obama may fill his last top cabinet post, Secretary of Commerce, with Symantec CEO John Thompson. By our account, Thompson would be the second-geekiest member of Obama&amp;#039;s cabinet, coming in behind only Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu. Chu has a Nobel Prize in physics, so he&amp;#039;s pretty hard to out-geek.   Nevertheless, Thompson has a long history in the tech field, before working at the famed computer security software company, he has previously worked 28 years at IBM, chaired a Silicon Valley Blue Ribbon Task Force on Aviation Security and Technology and was appointed by former president Bush to the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee to help evaluate critical infrastructure in the U.S. And as it so happens, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure security are overlapping concerns to many in government.   Some earlier rumors had Thompson in line for the White House Chief Technology Officer position, but if he is, indeed appointed as Commerce Secretary, it is no doubt that cybersecurity issues will become a big deal in the Obama administration. The Department of Commerce is currently in a bit of a rut. Obama&amp;#039;s first choice for secretary, Bill Richardson, dropped out of the running due to an ongoing ethics investigation, and the DOC&amp;#039;s digital TV transition is currently in shambles after running out of funding for its converter box coupon program.   If Obama chooses him, Thompson may face some questions about his financial support of the Obama campaign, but it would seem that his technology credentials are solid\u2014unless of course, you think that constant popup warnings from Symantec&amp;#039;s Norton AntiVirus about tracking cookies on your PC are a strike against him.  \u2013Glenn Derene   RELATED STORIES \u2022 PLUS: Practicing CyberSecurity at Home  \u2022 REBUILDING AMERICA: How Obama Can Fix U.S. Infrastructure   \u2022 SECURITY: Four Ways to Fight Back Against Hackers   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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