Comments on: Why Information Security is the Hardest Career http://www.infosecleaders.com/2009/11/why-information-security-is-the-hardest-career/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Specialists, Generalists, Incompetence, and Cognitive Bias « Bad Penny http://www.infosecleaders.com/2009/11/why-information-security-is-the-hardest-career/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Specialists, Generalists, Incompetence, and Cognitive Bias « Bad Penny Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:48:20 +0000 http://www.infosecleaders.com/?p=734#comment-130 [...] Certainly being a well rounded and traveled individual may help in finding this kind of clarity. This may also be something largely gained from journeyman tradecraft; seeing other methods and masters firsthand. This may be why people talk about risk management as being on par with a JD or MD; it takes a lot of time, passion, and diligence to become and stay competent and aware and literate of the many challenges present in diverse environments and constantly moving technology. The responsibility in the design, management and assessment of complicated systems is also large. Persistent errors here can literally cost lives, crash fortunes, and wreck business models. It may be one of the hardest careers. [...] [...] Certainly being a well rounded and traveled individual may help in finding this kind of clarity. This may also be something largely gained from journeyman tradecraft; seeing other methods and masters firsthand. This may be why people talk about risk management as being on par with a JD or MD; it takes a lot of time, passion, and diligence to become and stay competent and aware and literate of the many challenges present in diverse environments and constantly moving technology. The responsibility in the design, management and assessment of complicated systems is also large. Persistent errors here can literally cost lives, crash fortunes, and wreck business models. It may be one of the hardest careers. [...]

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