Re: threats abound for 2010 what shall we do, oh my!

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

Paul, this isn't about you, or Dan, or realistically about me (although,
since ThreatSTOP just signed up a large county government in MI with
more revenue than it costs for me to take the dang test, I'm going to
take the test to check the box), it's about the future of our craft.

Sure, you're going to get grandfathered, the same way you wouldn't have
to go through the JFK SW school if you went back in; or they'd make me
rerun pathfinder, RIP, or any of the other "superseded" schools; or
require that either of us go through any form of "CND" orientation. Our
sad sack old butts would still have to pass PT, but that's making the
standard, not proving we know what we're doing. 

Doesn't mean that the world isn't a changing for the new guys, and not
for the better (and that the shortage of "qualified" people won't get
worse).

All I'm sayin is: ya wanna play, they gonna make ya pay. I donna like
it, I don't think it's productive, but the regulators have taken over,
the government is the only source of new cash, and tilting at windmills
doesn't pay the bills.



-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawgster () gmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:02 PM
To: Tomas L. Byrnes
Cc: Hubbard, Dan; Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu; funsec; RandallM
Subject: Re: [funsec] threats abound for 2010 what shall we do, oh my!

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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Tomas L. Byrnes <tomb () byrneit net>
wrote:

> The PI license requirement in MI is universal, applying to any
forensic
> examination. AFAIK NC has the same legislation pending.
>
> So, it does apply to private industry, as it will to any federal prime
> or sub contractor (which, AFAIK, includes Trend).

I've been personally asked by Federal Law Enforcement on several
occasions
to assist on cyber crime issues  -- I submit to you that will not
change,
regardless what of whatever farcical certification issues crop up.

> Given that government contracting is the only growth industry out
there
> right now, the "do business with the feds" requirement pretty much
makes
> it a must have for anyone who really wants to work in the field.
>
> Once again, not in favor, just predicting. I, for one, am finally
going
> to go waste billable hours getting certs (something I can ill afford
to
> do).

I won't waste my time, since I probably help define any silly
"certification" process just by being a pioneer in the field, so to
speak.
:-)

- - ferg

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