The former security director of cybersecurity and infrastructure, Chris Krebs, testifies before interrogation regarding internal security of the Senate and government matters in order to examine claims about voter irregularities in the 2020 election in the Senate building in Dirksen, Washington, USA, December 16, 2020.
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A week ago, President Donald Trump I signed executive order focus on the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Chris Krebs and calling the government to suspend security permits of all entities with which he is associated. Specially named order SentineloneKrebs employer.
On Wednesday Krebs announced His resignation with Sentinelone, a company dealing in cyber security with a market capital in the amount of $ 5.6 billion. While Krebs said that the choice was alone, his quick departure is the latest example of Trump's influence on the private sector when it comes to the pressure of people and institutions that he personally does not like.
Krebs served as the director of intelligence and public policy Sentinelone from the end of 2023, when the company acquired His consulting company.
“For those who know me, you know that I do not avoid difficult fights,” wrote Krebs We -mail to Sentinelone employees, which the company published on its website. “But I also know that I have to take it fully – beyond Sentinelone. It will require my total concentration and energy. This is a fight for democracy, for freedom of speech and to the rule of law. I am ready to give them everything I have.”
Krebs served as the first director of CIS from 2018, until he was released in November 2020 after the presidential election was announced, which Democrat Joe Biden Won, he was “the safest in America's history.” Cisa is part of the Internal Security Department.
In his executive order on April 9, who adopted an unusual approach consisting in following a specific person, Trump called Krebs “an evil actor believes who argued and used his government authorities.”
“Crebs' improper behavior included censorship of the unquestioned speech implying the election in 2020 and Covid-19 pandemic,” said the order. “Krebs via Cisa falsely and unjustly denied that the election in 2020 was falsified and stolen, including improperly and categorically rejecting the universal election edition and serious gaps in voting machines.”
Trump directed the Prosecutor General, National Intelligence Director and “all other important agencies” to suspend “active safety permits possessed by people with CreBS entities, including Sentinelone, in anticipation of reviewing whether such permits are in line with the national interest.”
Wall Street Journal had the first information about Krebs' departure from Sentinelone, publishing a story on Wednesday based on an interview with Krebs. He said Journal that he was leaving to relax on Trump's efforts “to go through corporate interests and corporate relations.”
Sentinelone's requirements resemble campaigns that President Trump led against a law firm and universities that tried to strengthen significant changes in activities, and will also lose government agreements or financing.
Sentinelone, who uses artificial intelligence to detect threats and prevent cyber attacks, does not reveal how many revenues from the government. However, the company recognizes in the risk factors section of its financial reports that it is based on government agencies for some activities and may be hurt by changes in politics.
“Our future growth depends partly on the increase in sales of government organizations”, the latest quarterly folding says. Specific to Trump, Sentinelone said that the establishment of the government department, which Elon Musk It works, can lead to budget changes, which “negatively affect the financing and purchases of our platform by government organizations.”
Tomer Weingarten, general director of Sentinelone, told employees in a note, also published on Wednesday on the company's website that Krebs “helped shape important conversations and strengthened public-private cooperation.” The company earlier said that in the blog post after executive ordinance, less than 10 employees had security permits.
“Therefore, we do not expect that it will affect in any way,” said the post.
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