Re: Who stay focused? (was: [Fwd: Question])

[Chris Blask <chris () blask org>]

Jean-Denis Gorin <jdgorin () computer org>


> So, my question is: among all of you, old timer firewall wizards, how many stay
> focused to infosec (and had kept a global view [2] of infosys) ?


Infosec is my only focus (as much as I have any) for creeping up on twenty years.  As for keeping a global view, I like 
to think that is the core of my view of the field.  If it isn't about how we make things more secure *in the context of 
the uses that the overall systems are put to* then I'd rather spend my time talking about really weird cheeses or 
landscaping.

> For them willing to know why I'm still lurking FW-wiz as I have quit the field,
> I'm just trying to assess how fast the IT world will collapse in case of a major
> security threat... (I already know who will survive this, and how ;) ).


Oh, I may be proven wrong in the end, but I don't see the IT world collapsing, ever.  That may depend on the definition 
of "collapsing", I suppose - lots of regrettable/foolish/avoidable/nasty things happening at any given moment are 
always within the realm of possibility - but The Whole Thing Coming Down for any appreciable period of time is not 
something I expect to live to see.

> "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
> Philipp K. Dick"


Classic quote! :~)

-chris



      
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