Re: "Skills gap"?

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:10 PM, John Bambenek
<bambenek.infosec () gmail com> wrote:
> I'm convinced that certifications have given us an army of IT workers that
> have letters but are utterly unqualified.  And they get employed by the
> thousands.
>
> Exhibit A: Web developers.
>
> On the upside, unlimited job security for those of us who have to respond to
> incidents involving their lousy crap.
> ...
Too funny, but so true.

Developer driven security is some of the worst security I have seen
(to borrow a quote). Perhaps I should expand it to include
"certification driven security..."

Jeff
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