But tomorrow never comes!

In part, it's due to a severe shortage of computer security specialists and engineers with the skills and knowledge necessary to do battle against would-be adversaries.

yeah, and you want to know why that happens? because you anal retentive morons freak the f*ck out whenever a proto-hacker decides to test his/her skills against the local school network and gets caught. then you throw the f*cking book at 'em and make sure they can never legitimately work in the industry ever again.

for decades we've had school and corporate authorities discouraging the mindsets necessary to develop good security practices and turning kids into mindless drones that don't question authority. after all that indoctrination it's no surprise at all that kids don't think like a hacker should. It's like that line from the old rolling stones song - every cop is a criminal. same thing with security hackers. white hat, black hat...same skill set(s), just a different focus.

I'm stealing the Internet! *Yoink!*

there are some hackers out there. quite a lot of them actually who have the required skill sets that government and corporations are looking for...but the guys who make the decisions and call the shots don't like the people to whom those skill sets are attached. If you want a good white hat, he has to think like a black hat. And good security people don't always fit into the corporate/government office environment.

Weaver95: there are some hackers out there. quite a lot of them actually who have the required skill sets that government and corporations are looking for...but the guys who make the decisions and call the shots don't like the people to whom those skill sets are attached. If you want a good white hat, he has to think like a black hat. And good security people don't always fit into the corporate/government office environment.

Or the U.S. just accepts that the PRC will pwn the USDA (and other departments) on a regular basis.

You make it sound so safe. I hired a hacker to do my web security, and he hacked my bank account, stole my identity, and now lives in my house and farks my wife.

Maybe people with drug addictions should be pharmacists. Bad choices ealy in life are often a precursor of future actions.

whoa? this isn't woodshop class?

bojon: Maybe people with drug addictions should be pharmacists. Bad choices ealy in life are often a precursor of future actions.

oh yes, because hacking a linux kernel is exactly like opium addiction...

2wolves:
Or the U.S. just accepts that the PRC will pwn the USDA (and other departments) on a regular basis.

I think it's largely inevitable at this point.

Maybe burglary could be approximated with hacking a personal website.

Kirk's_Toupee: know why there is a shortage? because of managers that don't know jack about IT.

we also have an authoritarian culture that discourages innovation.

cameroncrazy1984: 2wolves: Weaver95: there are some hackers out there. quite a lot of them actually who have the required skill sets that government and corporations are looking for...but the guys who make the decisions and call the shots don't like the people to whom those skill sets are attached. If you want a good white hat, he has to think like a black hat. And good security people don't always fit into the corporate/government office environment.

Or the U.S. just accepts that the PRC will pwn the USDA (and other departments) on a regular basis.

I'm not sure what China has to do with our meat supply.

Agri forecasts and recalls effect stock prices.

Dr.Knockboots: As someone who works for the govt in the IA field

You hiring?

cameroncrazy1984: miltonbabbitt: Urban Dictionary: squeee
An exclamation of Joy/ Greeting amongst close friends.

So now I know.

Close, gay friends.

Nothing wrong with that.