July 2, 2016 Nobody wants to pay for security, including security companies https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nobody-wants-pay-security-including-companies-beno%C3%AEt-h-dicaire In theory, consumers and businesses could punish Symantec for these oversights by contracting with other security vendors. In practice, there’s no guarantee that…
April 30, 2015 U.S. Defense Secretary Carter emphasizes culture change needed to http://www.scmagazine.com/ash-carter-spoke-at-stanford-university/article/411392/ Yes the government needs a culture change if it is to address its own and the national issues pertaining to security, technological, in…
March 15, 2013 “Paid to be paranoid” Read the first four paragraphs of this: http://hollylisle.com/shoes-and-handbags/ Forget the rest, forget that its about ‘creative writing’, just answer that question. Bruce Schneier among…
May 25, 2012 Why Info Sec Positions Go Unfilled http://www.infosecleaders.com/2012/05/career-advice-tuesday-why-info-sec-position-go-unfilled/ There are many holes in this, but I think they miss some important points. First is setting IT HR to look for Infosec….
May 17, 2012 How to get a job in security http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/airport-security-id-theft/ I often get hit on by wannabes who want to – as they put it – “break into security” and get a job…
September 15, 2010 Career Insights from Stephen Northcutt, CEO of SANS http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=2914 Fascinating. I get a lot of enquiries from wannabes who, as they put it, want to “break into security“. I presume they see…
July 24, 2009 One In Two Security Pros Unhappy In Their Jobs http://www.darkreading.com/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218600434 Well? Are you? You’d think most professionals in a hot industry like IT security would feel content and challenged technically and creatively in…
