Want a Security Pro? Get Politically Incorrect and Learn Geek Culture 314
coondoggie writes "While complaints can be heard far and wide that it's hard to find the right IT security experts to defend the nation's cyberspace, the real problem in hiring security professionals is the roadblocks put up by lawyers and human resources personnel and a complete lack of understanding of geek culture, says security consultant Winn Schwartau. Take Janet Napolitano, U.S. secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, who has said the country can't find the right people for network defense. The real problem is a misunderstanding of computer geeks, their personalities, habits and their backgrounds, said Schwartau today during his talk at the Hacker Halted information security conference."
My mother's basement is well defended (Score:5, Funny)
My mother's basement is well defended !!!!!!!
A true hacker .. (Score:5, Funny)
While not terribly talented and hardly the sort of person likely to hold down a decent paying job (let alone know how to write out a resume or pass an interview) these are the sort of people who find the gaps. Recruiting them to work for you may be iffy. Once they have a paycheck, can afford a sports car, some decent clothes and can afford to go out they slowly cease to be the people you wanted.
Best to just hire them on a per item contract and toss them a burrito now and then.
The only thing I got out of this... (Score:4, Funny)
was confirmation of my opinion that "political correctness" now means "any kind of attitude or phenomenon that I don't like, but I can't be bothered to articulate a proper argument against". A bit like "inappropriate", really.
your beloved Greek nation is bankrupt (Score:4, Funny)
And so are you, and oh -- by the way -- your keyboard-'R' is unreliable.