Former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Crisk Rebs testified on December 16, 2020 in the building of the Darksen Senate Office in Washington before a Senate homeland security and government hearing to investigate allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 election.
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A week ago, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting former cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency Chief Crisk Rebs, asking the government to suspend security clearance for the entities he is associated with. Particularly specified order SentineloneKrebs’ employer.
On Wednesday, Krebs announced his resignation from Sentinelloan, a cybersecurity company with a market capitalization of $5.6 billion. Krebs said he was the only choice, but his quick departure is the latest example of Trump’s impact on the private sector when it comes to putting pressure on people and agencies that he personally hates.
Krebs was Sentinel Loan’s Chief Information Officer and Public Policy Officer since the company acquired the consulting company in late 2023.
“For those who know me, you know I will not be able to move away from the tough battle,” Krebs wrote in an email to Sentinel Lawn staff that the company posted on its website. “But I also know this is something I need to fully undertake – outside of Sentinelon. This requires my full focus and energy. It’s a battle for democracy, freedom of speech, and the rule of law. I’m ready to give it everything I have.”
Krebs served as the first CISA director since 2018 until he was fired in November 2020 after declaring the presidential election won by Joe Biden as “the safest in American history.” The CISA is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
In an executive order on April 9th ​​that took an extraordinary approach to chasing a particular individual, Trump called Krebs “a bad faith actor who weaponized and abused his government authority.”
“Krebs’ misconduct included censoring the unfavourable speech implying the 2020 election and the Covid-19 pandemic,” the order said. “Krebs mistakenly denied on the basis that the 2020 elections were consolidated and stolen through the CISA, including adamantly dismissing election fraud and serious vulnerability of the voting machine, which was inappropriate and explicitly abolished.”
Trump has directed the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence and “all other related agencies” to suspend aggressive security clearances held by individuals in entities related to Krebs, including Sentinel Lawns, and has pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with national interests.
The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on Krebs’ departure from Sentinel Lawn, which will release its story on Wednesday based on an interview with Krebs. He told the Journal that he was leaving to push back Trump’s efforts “to chase corporate profits and corporate relationships.”
The demands for Sentinelone are similar to the campaigns President Trump has strived against law firms and universities, seeking to make major changes to the way he operates and lose government contracts and funds.
Sentinel loans, which use artificial intelligence to detect threats and prevent cyberattacks, have not revealed how much of the revenue from the government will come. However, we acknowledge that we rely on some of our government agencies in the Risk Factors section of our financial reporting, which could be hurt by policy changes.
“Our future growth will depend in part on increasing sales to government organizations,” the latest quarterly submission said. Trump-focused Sentinelone said the establishment of government efficiency, run by Elon Musk, could lead to budget changes “that will negatively affect the funding and purchasing of the platform by government organizations.”
Sentinelone CEO Tomer Weingarten told employees in a memo and posted it on the company’s website on Wednesday. “It helped shape important conversations and strengthened public-private collaboration,” Krebs said. The company previously said in a blog post after the executive order that fewer than 10 employees have security clearances.
“Therefore, I don’t think this will have a significant impact on our business in any way,” Post said.
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