I've been wondering lately if we can expect to see an increase in the number and potency of worm/mass exploit cases now that the IT market is going into a contraction. If companies are going through layoffs, it isn't unreasonable to expect that some of the positions being cut are security/experienced admin positions. A small company with only a few machines may expect to be able to cut IT staff and rely on other position holders to take up the slack, i.e. a DBA now has to admin an IIS installation. Is this a feasible concept? How likely are we to see something like this? Considering the relative lack of knowledge among most PHBs about security and security professionals, it isn't unreasonable to expect that someone with an arcane/mysterious job description is the first to go. Thanks, JJ -- J. J. Horner "H*","6d6174686c696e40326a6e6574776f726b732e636f6d" *************************************************** "H*","6a6a686f726e65724062656c6c736f7574682e6e6574" Freedom is an all-or-nothing proposition: either we are completely free, or we are subjects of a tyrannical system. If we lose one freedom in a thousand, we become completely subjugated.
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