Congress is debating a law that would require licensing of Infosec professionals:
http://datasecurityblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/cybersecurity-act-is-fe deral-infosec-license-key-to-net-control/ Except in certain jurisdictions (MI FE) where doing forensics or other investigations requires a private investigators license: http://www.myharddrivedied.com/weblog/michigan_to_require_cissp_f.html There is no current requirement, but that is changing. -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Dan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:54 PM To: '[email protected]'; Tomas L. Byrnes Cc: funsec; RandallM Subject: RE: [funsec] threats abound for 2010 what shall we do, oh my! Regulated by who? And who is "they" who are agreeing on it? Forget security, is there really ANY info-technology certification that is a mandated requirement today? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:22 PM To: Tomas L. Byrnes Cc: funsec; RandallM Subject: Re: [funsec] threats abound for 2010 what shall we do, oh my! On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:07:41 PST, "Tomas L. Byrnes" said: > I'd add that it's the year Network Security becomes a regulated > profession, so certification becomes mandatory. At best, you're going to see a requirement of certification by 2013 or so. They aren'tgoing to agree on a cert in under a year. And then you need a ramp-up time. Protected by Websense Hosted Email Security -- www.websense.com _______________________________________________ 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.
