Re: Article: Study Says Security Expertise In Short Supply

From: John \ (freddylunat_private)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 14:34:13 PST

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    I'm retiring from the military this week and over the past month, I haven't
had a problem attracting attention from companies or recruiters.  Besides my
CISSP, I have a TS security clearance.  The job fairs in this area had signs
on their suites that "All jobs require security clearances."  If I didn't
have one, I believe I would have had a problem finding a job.

John "Freddy" Lundgren, CISSP
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick S. Harper" <listsat_private>
To: "'Mike Hrubes'" <MHrubesat_private>; <securityjobsat_private>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:36 PM
Subject: RE: Article: Study Says Security Expertise In Short Supply


> 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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