RE: Identifying passion for security?

[andy cuff <lists () securitywizardry com>]

A person with a coputer misuse conviction wouldn't indicate they are the best 
of the best as they got caught, perhaps the reverse, furthermore, it would 
indicate that they lack attention to detail ;)

Regards
-- 
Andy Cuff
Computer Network Defence Ltd
www.SecurityWizardry.com


Quoting krymson () gmail com:

> Considering this mailing list, I'd assume a prison history might be a big
> indicator of insecurity passion, but not security passion, per se. I wouldn't
> consider prison time for hacking to be an indicator of passion in security.
> It just means they made an error in judgement, did something unethical (and
> illegal), and got caught, at best.
>
>
> <-snip->
>
> A good idea whould be to have them do a few tests on sites like
> www.hellboundhackers.org for example. It's fairly basic stuff (in the
> beginning) but it would prove whether they know what they are talking about
> or not. Then again, this will only be useful when looking in the lines of
> penetration testers. Also another good idea is to look for hackers in prison
> pending release. You'll have to look hard for a trustworthy person but at the
> end of the day you'll know that you got the best of the best with the highest
> degree of passion availible. Alot of those people turn good after being to
> prison but keeping a close eye on them wount do any harm.
>
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