-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 > The average TSA worker earns $12-$17/hour.
And you get what you pay for. - - ferg On 7/18/2014 9:28 AM, Bill Terwilliger wrote: > The average TSA worker earns $12-$17/hour. In Florida, where this > guy was from, he was probably closer to the $12 end of the scale. > This agent is probably in his early 20s and is only making slightly > more than someone working at a fast food restaurant. That is about > as “most people” as you can get. And given that most Americans > don’t understand confusing status of The District of Columbia, I > stand by my assertion that it is completely reasonable for someone > not to trust a license from some place that is not an state. > > This whole situation reminds me of countless experiences I’ve had > working with entry level IT/security people. Entry level people > are generally very passionate about their jobs, probably like this > TSA guy is, but they are still filling in knowledge gaps, so it is > reasonable to expect silly mistakes. For instance, how many of us > have been told that that a client connecting to a server has an IP > address of 169.254.1.2 but they are *certain* that the issue is > with the server? It would be easy to criticize an over zealous > newbie but that doesn’t help anyone in the long run. And that is > why I feel that this reporter is making a mountain out of a > molehill. Does he reasonably believe that no one at the TSA knows > that the District of Columbia issues their own licenses? If not, > then shouldn’t the story should be “1 TSA employee out of 50,000 > doesn’t know that District of Columbia issues their own licenses.” > > —bill > > On Jul 18, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) > <michael.blanch...@emc.com> wrote: > >> Sorry, this guy is supposedly a trained professional.... he's >> not "most people" he should have known that DC issues their own >> license... > > > _______________________________________________ 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. > > - -- Paul Ferguson VP Threat Intelligence, IID PGP Public Key ID: 0x54DC85B2 Key fingerprint: 19EC 2945 FEE8 D6C8 58A1 CE53 2896 AC75 54DC 85B2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlPJTkwACgkQKJasdVTchbK+VwD7BP8js5prVkkeSEsseV5xmbBK Vhb7ZmW6wGt5OL95ppsA/3Q1MQucRqzhh0HxLOLG9sCuHkQtoJipFrb5i8BnVRAc =/2dY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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.
