RE: Article: Study Says Security Expertise In Short Supply

From: Sean Rooney (seanat_private)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 14:19:33 PST

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    Here in Toronto there are good computer security people available, the 
problem is getting  the exposure needed to solve peoples problems more 
easily.  We're here, call us, we want to help you with your problems world. :)

Cheers
-sr

At 16:36 11/28/2001, Patrick S. Harper wrote:
>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:
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> > "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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