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Re: [TSCM-L] Security? Huh! (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 04:02:55 -0600 (CST)
Forwarded from: Alex Nehlebaeff <Alex.Nehlebaeff () weblinkwireless com> Maybe, but I seriously doubt you are hired to perform penetration test on critical government agencies. I would imagine that the buildings you are performing your penetration tests on are buildings that do not contain classified information or systems and are accessible to the public. That is not to say that public accessible buildings don't hold sensitive material and that you are not performing a service. My beef and this is were I agree with Michael, is you make it sound as if the whole federal government security program is a joke. And after spending 24 years in the Navy, I think I have been exposed to some of the security mechanisms that the government uses and I assure you, that your james bond tactics would not work in the majority of the installations I (and Michael) worked in. Alex L. Nehlebaeff, ITC(SW), USN(Ret) -=- InfoSec News wrote:
Forwarded from: Steve Uhrig <Steve () swssec com>Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:32:03 -0600 From: "Huggins, Michael" <mhhuggins () firstcommand com> To: 'InfoSec News' <isn () c4i org> Subject: RE: [ISN] [TSCM-L] Security? Huh! Whenever I see something like this I always want to claim "BS", then I think well how non PC of me this security professional did his job so james bondish maybe uncle sam should hire him.99% of my work is for governments. Who does he think hired me to do the penetration study? It was a government building. I'm not a freelancer. This is what I have been doing for a living for 30 years as of this year. Gone for a week. ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve () swssec com website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" *******************************************************************
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