Re: Mitnick Banned From Security Group

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Tom Perrine <tep () sdsc edu>

> > > > > On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:30:21 -0600 (CST), InfoSec News <isn () c4i org> said:

    IN> Forwarded from: "Robert G. Ferrell" <rgferrell () direcway com>
    IN> At 03:33 AM 2/13/03 -0600, InfoSec News wrote:

    >> It didn't last long. Mitnick's password was quickly revoked, and a
    >> few days later he received a letter in certified mail from the
    >> ISSA's headquarters informing him that news of his acceptance was
    >> greatly exaggerated. "The ISSA has determined that your past
    >> behavior does not comply with the ISSA Code of Ethics, therefore we
    >> cannot accept your application at this time," reads the unsigned
    >> letter.

OK, at what point does a person who has been convicted, and served
their time, get "rehabilitated"?  Even a convicted felon gets their
civil rights back at some point, right?

    IN> This is just a shot in the dark, but I'll betcha if we exposed all the
    IN> ISSA's members to the same level of scrutiny that Kevin's past has
    IN> received, there'd be a lot more of these letters sent out.

I'm not an ISSA member, but I would welcome this kind of scrutiny for
their members, and the members of some other organizations.  The stuff
I've seen proposed by people with "ISSA", and "CISSP" after their name
has sometimes been, "interesting".  The ligetimacy that these
organizations and certifications are intended to confer on their
members/recipients deserves more scrutiny.

-- 
Tom E. Perrine <tep () SDSC EDU> | San Diego Supercomputer Center 
http://www.sdsc.edu/~tep/     | 



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