Re: [SC-L] Announcing LAMN: Legion Against Meaningless certificatioNs

2009-03-22 Thread Bret Watson
Which is why I list that I have _had_ a CISSP, but am currently non-financial.. It was too damn easy to pass and too damn hard to keep up with the CPE point entry... :) I was LAMN member #8 :) Best number :) Cheers Bret At 03:38 PM 21/03/2009, Joe Teff wrote: I notice certs like CISSP when

Re: [SC-L] Announcing LAMN: Legion Against Meaningless certificatioNs

2009-03-22 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
fwiw, I've interviewed my fair share of CISSPs who didn't have a basic understanding of infosec... with the boot camps these days, people don't learn anything... they cram for 1-2 wks, shoving everything into short-term rote memory, and then they take the test and promptly forget everything...

Re: [SC-L] BSIMM: Confessions of a Software SecurityAlchemist(informIT)

2009-03-22 Thread Jim Manico
Hey John, I like where your head is at - great list. Regarding: Builds adaptors so that bugs are automatically entered in tracking systems Does the industry have: 1) A standard schema for findings, root causes, vulnerabilities, etc, and the inter-relation of these key terms (and others?) 2)

Re: [SC-L] Supply Chain Resiliency Project Assistance

2009-03-22 Thread Gary McGraw
hi sc-l, For what it's worth, I am involved in the project with jmr...as is Sammy Migues. jmr was our BSIMM participant from DTCC. Their software security initiative is most impressive. gem On 3/22/09 9:08 AM, Mason Brown mbr...@sans.org wrote: Jim Routh, CISO at Depository Trust and

Re: [SC-L] Questions asked on job interview for application security/penetration testing job

2009-03-22 Thread Arian J. Evans
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Matt Parsons mparsons1...@gmail.com wrote: I was asked the following questions on a job phone interview and wondered what the proper answers were.   I was told their answers after the interview. I was also told that the answers to these questions were one or

Re: [SC-L] Supply Chain Resiliency Project Assistance

2009-03-22 Thread Gadi Evron
On Sun, 22 Mar 2009, Gary McGraw wrote: hi sc-l, For what it's worth, I am involved in the project with jmr...as is Sammy Migues. jmr was our BSIMM participant from DTCC. Their software security initiative is most impressive. I don't know much TOO much about supply chain issues, but I

Re: [SC-L] Announcing LAMN: Legion Against Meaningless certificatioNs

2009-03-22 Thread Prasad Shenoy
Great idea but why would you say CISSP is meaningless or MCSE is meaningless? Certifications are like technology. They have a place where they fit. CISSP became so popular and prolific because of the vast field of coverage (10 domains) that a certified practitioner had to study, understand, relate

Re: [SC-L] Supply Chain Resiliency Project Assistance

2009-03-22 Thread Sammy Migues
Hello everyone, To reinforce Mason's request, we're looking for any collection of controls (contractual, technical, people, process, etc.) that organizations should request, demand, cajole, enforce, etc. when out-sourcing software development to ensure the required software security in the

Re: [SC-L] Questions asked on job interview for application security/penetration testing job

2009-03-22 Thread Matt Parsons
Here are the answers that I was given for the following questions by a non-technical recruiter. 1. What are the security functions of SSL? Encryption and authentication 2. What is a 0 by 90 bytes error. Buffer over flow. 3. What is a digital signature, Not what it is? The