Not this crap again..

[mike.mikemiller at gmail.com (Michael Miller)]

I think the BCS poll rankings are done via a game of darts.  Mind you
the players suck.

-mmiller

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Rick Hayes <rick.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a computer security expert ranking system? ?If so, is it like
> the BCS, where they use some higher algorithm based on the vendor's
> poll, computer average and hacker poll?
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jason Wood <tadaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I got a chuckle out of this line from the article.
> >
> > "Drawbacks: Talk about stress. If a system is infiltrated by a virus or
> > hacker, it could mean lights out for the security consultant's career. "This
> > is a job you can't afford to ever fail in," says Evans."
> >
> > What was funny to me was I remember a thread a while back where a lot of us
> > talked about getting into infosec **because** we got hacked.? I suppose I
> > was just doing sysadmin work at the time, so you could point to that as a
> > reason why I've never had much career trouble.? Still, I had to grin at it.
> >
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Soft Reset <softreset64738 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hmmm...I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm not seeing why he's *is* a
> > > fraud?? I understand how this profile can portray us in a negative light as
> > > people who see *us* may think we were once on the black-hat side of things,
> > > but do you all think its impossible for someone to switch to the white-side?
> > >
> > > Although to be honest, no, I wouldn't trust him.? Convicted in 2002,
> > > served 16 months means he was *probably* still in jail or just out when he
> > > started his company in 2003.?? And "...that year, computer security stores
> > > contracted to sell his cyber security software."? So, in less than a year of
> > > getting out of prison, he has a company and "computer security stores" sold
> > > his software?? WTF???
> > >
> > > Ok, maybe I understand now...maybe it was just too early in the day.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:21 AM, John Strand <strandjs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Check it out:
> > > >
> > > > http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/snapshots/8.html
> > > >
> > > > On the plus side. ?I think it is nice that we have some job security...
> > > >
> > > > On the downside.... ?Why did they have to go and find "The Worlds #1
> > > > Hacker?"
> > > >
> > > > Now anyone that wants to get into this field thinks that all they need
> > > > is a CISSP and to be an asshat.
> > > >
> > > > Wait..... ?That might be accurate.
> > > >
> > > > John Strand
> > > > CISSP, GCIH, GCFW, ' or 1=1; --, Asshat
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