-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, J. J. Horner wrote: > 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. While that may be a possibility, there's no way to guage its probability. It's a bit like the slump that the music industry has experienced with the death of Napster. Coincidence or causality? No way to tell or guess. > 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. You tangentially hit the nail here. The people who are going to get cut are the One Trick Pony types. Those who have knowledge and experience in various fields of discipline will prove more valuable than someone who can only do one task set well. In my experience, it pays (in more ways than one) to wear several different hats. Never hurts to be a Renaissance man. :) - -Jay ( ( _______ )) )) .--"There's always time for a good cup of coffee"--. >====<--. C|~~|C|~~| (>------ Jay D. Dyson -- jdysonat_private ------<) | = |-' `--' `--' `-------- Real men prefer full disclosure. --------' `------' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for current keys. iQCVAwUBO32HxLlDRyqRQ2a9AQE1kAP9HdoYiH2KsVylQ58G0GC5eoVIwJkR/g3N y1dDRg61Lt1VVGWA8IWKz8xNra0/StwUOrREFelvFpKb3gyznUbjkG4pIj+YqzgO xSNPa45S1ADtJuWkh1HXo5qoCnecv42Quk7qvcmsB3Gpvpz8e5n5RDZMBSeMrbCM Mv51cLA7C08= =OBXs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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