full-disclosure - Re: NSA Cyber security program [ maybe off-topic ]

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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:27:49 +0200
From: Alexander Georgiev <alexander.georgiev@...oo.de>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: NSA Cyber security program [ maybe off-topic ]

I agree. BTW, i am German and here the government pays very very bad.
What do you think the NSA pays for security experts? Do they also pay so
bad in the public sector?



On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:21:10 -0400, Benjamin Kreuter
<ben.kreuter@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 23:51:09 +0200
> Jann Horn <jannhorn@...glemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 08:06:42PM -0300, Pablo wrote:
>> > Interesting…
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.nsa.gov/academia/nat_cae_cyber_ops/index.shtml
>> >
>> > http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/nsa-announces-cyber-security
>> > -program-for-college-students.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This tells us that there is a lack of qualified people for this
>> > area.
>>
>> What I understand there is that they have a lack of qualified people
>> in this area *who want to work for them*.
> 
> Or who they are willing to employ.  If you were the NSA, would you
> really want to hire someone who supports Wikileaks, considering
> everything that has happened?  I am willing to bet that a lot of
> technically qualified people who would be willing to work for the NSA
> are not considered as candidates for non-technical reasons.
> 
> -- Ben

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