first, it is the big 5 now, after the pwc cl merger.
also, what is Information Security Week ??
/jh
www.kpmg.com competes with the rest of the Big Six.. Don't hear much from
them anymore except on a few posts here and there, and mostly in
Information Security Week .
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>To: Ken Seefried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: "Crumrine, Gary L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [WaayOT] Ever heard of KGPM (?!?)
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 21:53:06 -0700
>
>Absolutely correct.
>
>www.kpmg.com competes with the rest of the Big Six.. Don't hear much from
>them anymore except on a few posts here and there, and mostly in
>Information Security Week . A majority of them have fled to different VC
>type funded companies or some just decided they wanted out of that life. I
>think a partner I worked for several years ago is in last month's Wired
>magazine touting his new fancy non-shaving of his upper lip and chin. Some
>www.esecurityonline.com type of thing. Hopefully he thanked all the
>helpless soles who re-typed all the CERTS, all the BUGTRAQ information in
>order to really make the information special. Hey,
>www.esecurityonline.com, next time learn how to use a scripting language,
>and one can write a nice little utility called a parser. "Who is typing in
>those vulnerabilities?.." New T-shirt to be distributed at SANS..
>
>Top of the line?? Depends on what you hire them to do.. E&Y does a better
>job at waxing the floor than most. Just make sure if you want a really
>shiny floor, make sure you ask for the L-3 special.. :) Floor wax, desert
>topping and Sample characters. :)
>
>Tongue in Cheek.. :)
>
>
>At 11:56 PM 8/11/00 -0400, Ken Seefried wrote:
>
>> > I have been trying to gather data about a security consulting
>> > company which is supposed to be top of the line, but whose name
>> > I was never told, and whose web site was something like
>> > www.kgpm.com
>>
>>Perhaps you mean www.kpmg.com, as in KPMG/Peat Marwick, the Big Six (Five,
>>Four...whatever) accounting firm? They do have a respected information
>>security group. Are they "top of the line"? Depends on what you want to
>>do.
>>
>>Disclaimer: I'm a KPMG competitor on certain fronts.
>>
>>- Ken Seefried, CTO & Founding Partner, DigitalMoJo
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