Re: "Skills gap"?

[John Bambenek <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>]

But isn't security whatever the auditors tell us to do?

*ducks*

On 11/29/12 1:24 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> 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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