Re: Foiled terror plot aboard Northwest Flight 253 sparks strict security rules for air passengers

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

There are those who say the same is true of the IT security industry:
that we don't address the root problems because the problems keep us in
business. We know that isn't true.

I don't think anything is necessarily so black and white. As you know,
I'm still actively involved in the US Army 53 community, and I don't
think there is a single soldier on the planet who wouldn't give
significant parts of their anatomy to bring Bin Laden to justice.
Perhaps some of the civilians and the contractors are riding the gravy
train; and it's pretty obvious that Pakistan is doing just enough to
keep us sending them $$$, but not enough to accomplish the mission they
are getting the $ for; but there are hundreds of thousands of very
dedicated physical security professionals and Information
Operations/Intel types spending every waking hour trying to destroy Al
Qaeda and catch Bin Laden.


-----Original Message-----
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu] 
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:38 AM
To: Tomas L. Byrnes
Cc: Paul Ferguson; Buhrmaster, Gary; funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Foiled terror plot aboard Northwest Flight 253
sparks strict security rules for air passengers

On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:56:26 PST, "Tomas L. Byrnes" said:

> As with most security, the problem isn't that the security 
> professionals don't know how to do it, or that the customers don't 
> want it, but that those in charge don't want to dedicate the necessary

> resources or take the required steps.

Prediction:  bin Laden will not be found by an employee of any
organization where the continued employment of the higher-ups is
contingent on bin Laden remaining on the lam.

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