Re: Fred B. Schneider testimony on Cybersecurity Credentials

[coderman <coderman () gmail com>]

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Shawn Merdinger <shawnmer () gmail com> wrote:
> Testimony of Fred B. Schneider
> Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Computer Science
> Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
> ...
> A Cybersecurity  Credential.
> ... a credential must  bestow obligations and
> responsibilities on practitioners. Moreover, curriculum and
> educational programs—not an exam—are central to the enterprise.


fitting that a professor propose a process without any aspect of real
world experience or demonstrated capability* in such a credentialed
organization for "cyber security". i'm all for deprecation of
pointless exams, however...


* and saying "industry experience vetted in the curriculum" doesn't count ;)

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