----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Help put a stop to incompetent computerforensics
> Quoting Jason Coombs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Somehow we need to fix this broken system and insist that all >> computer forensics be performed with the help of a competent >> information security professional, at the very least. >> >> Any other suggestions? > > Maybe we should start a certification program. And we'll charge $5000 > a year to be certified so only serious players will get certified. And > we'll have roving "seminars" in all major cities taught only by our > certified instructors. Yeah, that's it. And we'll rig the test so > people have to take our useless classes to pass our useless tests. > Then we'll dump press releases on every ZD rag out there and maybe pay > a few CIOs and industry shills to comment on how, "hiring a 'certified > computer corpse analyst' is the only way to determine competency". > > Yeah. That'll fix it. tc > What bothers me the most is that a lot of what I know - and I don't claim to know as much as most people here - isn't available as a "text" anywhere. You are interested enough, you work it out for yourself. So, yeah, I could charge someone $5000 to be taught by me that which I know. However, compared to some it isn't worth $5000 while to others it is priceless. Pick your target. An incompetent investigator is one who doesn't care not a newbie. A newbie is potentially incompetent and potentially the best thing ever to happen to this trade. Don't stamp out newbies in the rush to stamp out knowledgeable lazy sods. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
