RE: Article: Study Says Security Expertise In Short Supply

From: Patrick S. Harper (listsat_private)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 13:36:06 PST

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    Houston too.  It's pretty bad here for infosec.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hrubes [mailto:MHrubesat_private] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:15 PM
To: securityjobsat_private
Subject: RE: Article: Study Says Security Expertise In Short Supply


I'm going to have to agree with the list on this one.  Minneapolis area
doesn't seem to have a large amount of security job openings either.
Appears to me that a large percentage of the postings in this area are
DBAs.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay D. Dyson [mailto:jdysonat_private]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:20 PM
To: Meritt James
Cc: Ed Spencer; securityjobsat_private
Subject: Re: Article: Study Says Security Expertise In Short Supply


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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Meritt James wrote:

> "According to a recent report from online certification company 
> Brainbench, disaster-recovery and network-security skills are scarce 
> within the IT workforce."
> 
> Full article at http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011121S0015

	Could have fooled me with the scarcity of such jobs in the Los
Angeles area.  (There seems to be a wealth of such opportunities on the
East Coast, but my wife's work is in support of the DoD and thus I'm
effectively tied to the L.A. area.)

	I'm serious.  I've been managing with part-time security
advisory work for NASA coupled with independent consulting gigs
(following the massive RIF at OneSecure in July), and I have yet to find
a company that isn't in the throes of downsizing (if not outright
eliminating) any and every computer and network security department they
have.  This makes for some pretty thin job opportunities. 

	Someone please provide information to the contrary if they think
I'm wrong.  :)

- -Jay

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