Re: Professional IT Security Service Providers - Exposed

[<secreview () hushmail com>]

Most intelligent people read the entire contents of what are said 
and ask questions before jumping to conclusions. Just to make sure 
that you've had the chance to read this, here it is again.

"Generally our reviews are done by reading the contents of the
companies website. We strip away all the marketing fluff and we
look for untruths, poor grammar, quality of service, team talent
and capabilities, site clarity, etc. If the website leaves us with
questions, or sounds too good to be true we call the security
company being reviewed and engage them in conversation about their
capabilities and offerings."

You'll notice that the above is an exact quote and not some altered 
version of what was said taken out of context by someone ("trains") 
trying to sound smart. 

Just to be clear, our mission is to expose IT Security Service 
Providers for what they really are, not to reinforce their 
marketing fluff and in some cases lies. 


On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:15:28 -0500 trains <trains () doctorunix com> 
wrote:
> Quoting secreview () hushmail com:
> Greetings List:
>
> My team and I have started doing critical reviews of security
> companies that offer Professional IT Security Services. We find 
> ...
> <snip>
> May I offer a correction.  Try this message:
>
>     "My Team and I have reviewed web sites of companies and
>     (based on their web dev skillz and marketing lingo) have
>     rated the companies' security capabilities."
>
> based on their web sites.   that makes me sad.  that's right in 
> there  
> with counting the number CISSPs at a company.
>
> the sales people I have to work with assure me that the product  
> doesn't matter.  they keep telling me, "all that matters is the 
> sizzle  
> on the website and the well engineered marketing message".  Every 
> day  
> I tell them they are f'd up aholes.
>
> It looks like they are right.
>
> * sigh *
>
>
>
> tr
>
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