Re: OS to know.

[Chris Clymer <cclymer () gmail com>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

In what capacity?  Different OS's are used for different things.  The
short answer:  you should know something about them all.  The more you
know about one, the more its going to help you understand others.  Much
like programming.

If you want generalizations, a lot of the world today is *nix servers
and MS desktops.  You'll even find many vendors(like checkpoint) who
have servers/firewalls/routers/appliances that are running *nix, but
whose client software is Windows-only.  There are quite a few souls out
there working on *nix hardware from windows workstations...often not by
choice.

Its probably good to get familiar with IOS as well.  Obviously its very
widely used.

"security administration" is just kind of vague to me.  My general
feeling is a lot of administration is done from Windows clients, while
things like pen-tests and audits are more easily done from a *nix
workstation.

John Williams wrote:
> I am a graduate student at George Mason University obtaining my MS in
> Information Security and Assurance. What operating system is used more
> for security administration in the private sector versus the government
> sector? Pretty much I would like to know what operating system I should
> focus on if I wanted to pursue a government career in security or if I
> wanted to purse a career in the private sector. Thanks.
>
>
> Mark Jacobs
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how
> to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement

- --
          Chris Clymer - Chris () ChrisClymer com
PGP: E546 19B6 D1EC 47A7 CAA0 8623 C807 398C CD27 15B8

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFDTZuOyAc5jM0nFbgRAk1CAJ4ydViJWm5P9KyE5ELYDOH+GNf8CQCeIYN5
C1JvKJd8YqdKYgBU2jT55u4=
=ebbg
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----