There are those who say the same is true of the IT security industry: that we don't address the root problems because the problems keep us in business. We know that isn't true.
I don't think anything is necessarily so black and white. As you know, I'm still actively involved in the US Army 53 community, and I don't think there is a single soldier on the planet who wouldn't give significant parts of their anatomy to bring Bin Laden to justice. Perhaps some of the civilians and the contractors are riding the gravy train; and it's pretty obvious that Pakistan is doing just enough to keep us sending them $$$, but not enough to accomplish the mission they are getting the $ for; but there are hundreds of thousands of very dedicated physical security professionals and Information Operations/Intel types spending every waking hour trying to destroy Al Qaeda and catch Bin Laden. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:38 AM To: Tomas L. Byrnes Cc: Paul Ferguson; Buhrmaster, Gary; [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] Foiled terror plot aboard Northwest Flight 253 sparks strict security rules for air passengers On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:56:26 PST, "Tomas L. Byrnes" said: > As with most security, the problem isn't that the security > professionals don't know how to do it, or that the customers don't > want it, but that those in charge don't want to dedicate the necessary > resources or take the required steps. Prediction: bin Laden will not be found by an employee of any organization where the continued employment of the higher-ups is contingent on bin Laden remaining on the lam. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
