RE: application for an employment

["Sadler, Connie" <Connie_Sadler () Brown edu>]

I completely agree with Don. I've been watching this thread. I can tell
you that I've hired many security professionals over the 20+ years I've
been in the IT Security field, and if someone told me this in an
interview, I would politely cut the discussion short - and that would be
the end of it.

Check out the Ethics clauses in any of the IT Security Professional's
organizations. This is *not* an approach that would be embraced by any
hiring manager I know.

Connie J. Sadler, CM, CISSP, CISM, GIAC GSLC
Director, IT Security, Brown University
Box 1885, Providence, RI 02912
Office: 401-863-7266

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Bailey [mailto:don.bailey () gmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:50 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: application for an employment

> I say go for it. If they can't take criticism, then you shouldn't be 
> working for them anyways. If they are really interested in improving 
> the infrastructure, they will evaluate your finding, and consider you 
> as as suitable candidate for fixing the security holes.

I completely disagree. Proving that you've been poking around
unauthorized is a dangerous venture. Most likely it will prove that you
are incapable of reigning in your curiosity and the company will
consider you a threat more than a benefit. Companies don't like cowboys,
they want a team player. Curiosity killed the contract.

Don "north" Bailey


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