Re: Who stay focused? (was: [Fwd: Question])
Chris Blask <[email protected]>
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Jean-Denis Gorin <[email protected]> > So, my question is: among all of you, old timer firewall wizards, how many stay > focused to infosec (and had kept a global view [2] of infosys) ? Infosec is my only focus (as much as I have any) for creeping up on twenty years. As for keeping a global view, I like to think that is the core of my view of the field. If it isn't about how we make things more secure *in the context of the uses that the overall systems are put to* then I'd rather spend my time talking about really weird cheeses or landscaping. > For them willing to know why I'm still lurking FW-wiz as I have quit the field, > I'm just trying to assess how fast the IT world will collapse in case of a major > security threat... (I already know who will survive this, and how ;) ). Oh, I may be proven wrong in the end, but I don't see the IT world collapsing, ever. That may depend on the definition of "collapsing", I suppose - lots of regrettable/foolish/avoidable/nasty things happening at any given moment are always within the realm of possibility - but The Whole Thing Coming Down for any appreciable period of time is not something I expect to live to see. > "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. > Philipp K. Dick" Classic quote! :~) -chris