Re: OS to know.

[Fred Cohen <fred.cohen () all net>]

Security administration in large enterprises is very different from  
most medium sized companies is very different from government is very  
different from small business.

Operating systems are not really relevant in this context since the  
buyers are usually buying the application that does the  
administration, the provisioning process, the work flow mechanism,  
and the support package. It is a big product space, and almost all of  
the products run on Windows or Unix variants.

FC

On Oct 31, 2005, at 11:30 AM, Adam Kane wrote:

> John Williams wrote:
>
>
> > > I am a graduate student at George Mason University obtaining my  
> > > MS in Information Security and Assurance. What operating system  
> > > is used more for security administration in the private sector  
> > > versus the government sector? Pretty much I would like to know  
> > > what operating system I should focus on if I wanted to pursue a  
> > > government career in security or if I wanted to purse a career in  
> > > the private sector. Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Jacobs

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