Actually chief, I just interviewed for a job in a NOC center in Boston
monitoring firewall trafic and data coming in and out of web servers, F5
load balancers, routers, etc. Seems to me that although I got a CCNA and
some Raptor XP, they still want me even though I don't know Checkpoint or
Unix. It truly is all about the interview and sadly how well you can
convince them of your skills. I am not saying my skills are subpar, or that
I won't learn anything new, just that with so few people willing to jump
into network monitoring and/or security, some companies will hire on
whomever that can meet some of their critera. It truly is a buyers market
out there for people who are hungry to learn. They were going to pay for my
CCIE training even though it could run upwards of 15k or more.
In conclusion, check with past and current customers of the service provider
to see how they fare. If they don't provide you with numbers with some, I
would not go with them. Most folk in the industry will gladly tell you of
those that are happy with them and the service they provide...
"Layer 4 and up is for End Users"
-Anonymous CCNA
>
> Regardless of how they store the information on your network there
>still needs to be some access granted. A company like this would have to
>have a pretty stringent hiring process and background check at the minimum
>as well as good logging of who accesses client company information. I
>suspect that they could be held liable if information they have on your
>network is used to break into your network. I thought NetworkICE offered
>those type of services as well as their Intrusion Detection products. If
>not it would be a good field for you guys to get into. You could progress
>from vendor support to installs to intrusion detection consulting. A good
>way to capitolize on existing talent.
>
>
>Regards,
>Jeffery Gieser
>
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