On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:03:09 CST, Laurelai said: > Perhaps these companies should try to hire the kids owning them instead > of crying to the feds. Most of the kids are skript kiddies, and don't really understand the *defense* end of the security business very well. Sure, some may be better than skript kiddies, and may be *incredible* at finding a memory overlay or an SQL injection, but do they know how to *secure* against *everything*? Does that kid know anything about "continuity of operations"? How to negotiate with network providers to guarantee diverse cable paths? How to set up proper audit trails so they can figure out what happened after the fact? How to deal with physical security issues (how do you know the guy at the door works for Oracle, and who empties your trash?) How to deal with a subpoena or a "hold evidence" order? How to secure systems against insider threats and embezzlement (still a big problem, even if hackers get more news time)? How to ensure proper backups get done (this can be very non-trivial if you have multiple petabytes of storage, and need to do point-in-time recoveries)? How to do all the other things involved in actually making a data processing facility *secure*? For all the flak the CISSP gets, it's *still* worthwhile to wander over and take a quick peek at *all* the subject areas it covers (18 if I remember right), and then ask yourself "How much does the average kiddie know about all this?" And there's another little problem: If you had a store, and somebody robbed you at gunpoint, would you feel good about offering them a job because they obviously need the money? Or would you tend to avoid that person as an employee, because they've already proven they don't want to follow the rules? And even if you're willing to give a felon another shot, what do you say to the other employees when they say "You hired WHO? That guy shot Fred in the knee, I'm outta here". And why should your answer be any different just because the attack involved a computer rather than a 9mm?
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