Reply From: blueskyat_private Your ideas are good, but as a former contractor,I think you missed something basic. The gov't managers do not have any idea who is a player, or expert. They are deficient in basic management skills, much less systems management. They have always known they have a problem, but lacking the skill and knowledge to cure it, they just pretend it does not exist and hope they can make it to retirement. At that time, they can go get a job with the contractor doing the same thing they have done for 20 years. Most agengies now put a clause in their contracts that requires all contract employees to have previous direct experience with the agency. That's govspeak for revolving door - you have to hire retired agency employees. So the situation is an endless loop. At 01:24 AM 8/15/98 -0600, mea culpa wrote: >Reply From: Matthew Patton <pattonat_private> > >>Thatís one of the reasons government security is so lame, Ranum said. Iíll >>believe the government is serious about security when somebody at the >>Pentagon gets fired. > >Amen!! But we'll never see the day that happens, no matter how much >mouthing Hamry does. While significant blame must be attached to managment >and their cluelessness, one has to wonder if basic security precautions are >a natural and responsible part of being a sysadmin. I think so, very >strongly in fact. If OSD or any of the military branches are going to get >serious about security, they'd better start firing their present >contractors wholesale. So many of them can't find their own asses in a >shell prompt. > -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: New Dimensions International [www.newdimensions.net]
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