I think the BCS poll rankings are done via a game of darts.  Mind you
the players suck.

-mmiller

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Rick Hayes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a computer security expert ranking system?  If so, is it like
> the BCS, where they use some higher algorithm based on the vendor's
> poll, computer average and hacker poll?
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jason Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I got a chuckle out of this line from the article.
>>
>> "Drawbacks: Talk about stress. If a system is infiltrated by a virus or
>> hacker, it could mean lights out for the security consultant's career. "This
>> is a job you can't afford to ever fail in," says Evans."
>>
>> What was funny to me was I remember a thread a while back where a lot of us
>> talked about getting into infosec **because** we got hacked.  I suppose I
>> was just doing sysadmin work at the time, so you could point to that as a
>> reason why I've never had much career trouble.  Still, I had to grin at it.
>>
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Soft Reset <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmmm...I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm not seeing why he's *is* a
>>> fraud?  I understand how this profile can portray us in a negative light as
>>> people who see *us* may think we were once on the black-hat side of things,
>>> but do you all think its impossible for someone to switch to the white-side?
>>>
>>> Although to be honest, no, I wouldn't trust him.  Convicted in 2002,
>>> served 16 months means he was *probably* still in jail or just out when he
>>> started his company in 2003.   And "...that year, computer security stores
>>> contracted to sell his cyber security software."  So, in less than a year of
>>> getting out of prison, he has a company and "computer security stores" sold
>>> his software?  WTF???
>>>
>>> Ok, maybe I understand now...maybe it was just too early in the day.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:21 AM, John Strand <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Check it out:
>>>>
>>>> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/snapshots/8.html
>>>>
>>>> On the plus side.  I think it is nice that we have some job security...
>>>>
>>>> On the downside....  Why did they have to go and find "The Worlds #1
>>>> Hacker?"
>>>>
>>>> Now anyone that wants to get into this field thinks that all they need
>>>> is a CISSP and to be an asshat.
>>>>
>>>> Wait.....  That might be accurate.
>>>>
>>>> John Strand
>>>> CISSP, GCIH, GCFW, ' or 1=1; --, Asshat
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