Cheating on school tests ...

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

... by teachers, not students: http://www.economist.com/node/18958685

As a former school teacher, I'm depressed, but not really surprised.  This is a 
predictable result of efforts by those who think that simple metrics will fix things.

We, in security, should beware of equivalent simple, metric-based, fixes.

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rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream
always wins--not through strength but by perseverance.
                                                  - H. Jackson Brown
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