Work in the Secure Development/Secure Code Review Area?

[James.McGovern at thehartford.com (McGovern, James F (HTSC, IT))]

The market for doing freelance writing has all but disappeared. You
could consider writing a book but you would probably earn more money
working at MacDonalds bagging fries than writing. In terms of
presentations, most conferences/events also do not pay. If you managed
to however put together training courses, there is some possibility.

Being involved in OWASP will help you network with others who actually
have money to spend on your services. Many OWASP meetings are held in
space of major corporations (e.g.
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Hartford) 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:sc-l-bounces at securecoding.org] On Behalf Of Brad Andrews
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:04 PM
To: sc-l at securecoding.org
Subject: [SC-L] Work in the Secure Development/Secure Code Review Area?


What kinds of positions/work are available in this area now?  Could
someone make a living doing freelance research/articles/presentations in
this area?

I will be leaving my company at the end of August and I am actively
planning my future now.  If you have some good thoughts or ideas, please
let me know.  I have plenty of ideas, but I thought this list might have
some people who would know things I might not have thought about.

I plan on being more active in OWASP, but that won't pay anything, so I
need to find a way to make enough to support work like that.

I would also like to put anything I find into an article/paper/something
because I figure the "career question" is of interest to a lot of
people.  :)

-- 

Brad Andrews
RBA Communications
CSSLP, SANS/GIAC GSEC, GCFW, GCIH, GPCI




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