Information Security News: RE: [TSCM-L] Security? Huh!

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Forwarded from: Robert G. Ferrell <rferrell () texas net>

> 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.
Folks, ordinarily I'd agree about this sounding like B.S.  However, I
know Steve, and he doesn't deal in B.S.  This is exactly the sort of
thing he does for a living, and he's quite good at it.  I have no
reason to think it didn't go down just as he described.  The building
where my own agency is located was penetrated just as easily by a
hired contractor some months ago.  Security is an illusion.

Cheers,

RGF

Robert G. Ferrell
rferrell () texas net
http://rferrell.home.texas.net/rgflit.html 



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