I agree ... except that the small 1-10 person shops are close to dying also. So whats the truth, the messages are: security jobs are posted need for security strong big articles about how IT security budgets are "soaring" ... but no one is really hiring?? There are enough strong security folks on the beach right now to form one hell of a company (infosec, compsec, security ops & engineering people). -- joe joe judge, boston, security guy, www.intrusion.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Anton Chuvakin [mailto:antonat_private] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:19 PM > To: securityjobsat_private > Subject: Any profitable SECURITY-ONLY companies? > Importance: High > > > Hello all, > > In the course of my current job search, I seem to have developed a strange > conclusion about the infosec companies: they are either start-ups running > on the last drops of venture capital (well, last drops might be $40 mil > received in Fall 2000, but for the sake of argument - it is still venture > money) or small 1-10 person shops that are profitable because they stay > small. Both offer little in terms of potential employment: I rule out > first group due to my recent experience and second are not hiring at all. > > Well, there are also behemoths like NAI or Symantec, which are heavily > involved in security, but it is quite impossible to get in (no matter how > many times one reads "What color is your parachute" book ;-). > > Maybe I am mistaken in restricting my job search to security companies > only, but I do that due to the fact that most fun jobs seem to be there. > Compare designing a new IDS to ensuring HIPAA compliance of a hospital and > you will understand what I am talking about. > > Am I wrong (hopefully) or what? I just came back from a local ISSA chapter > meeting and we were presented with a hyper-optimistic speech on how the > need for security will drastically grow in the next 12-24 months, but I am > unwilling to wait that long (need to eat something before that ;-)). > > Best regards, > -- > Anton A. Chuvakin > === You either succeed or learn! === > http://www.chuvakin.org > licq: 29034084 >
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