Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Cyberthreats

Sean Gallagher writes at ars technica,
Overall, the feds haven't had great success in stopping cyber-attacks."We don't have enough skill level in law enforcement and investigation organizations to counter that threat," said Silent Circle's Ford. "The FBI is willing to pay cyber people up to $110,000 a year. That's way off par for what the rest of industry is willing to pay. If you're good enough with bug bounty programs, you could find one bounty that could pay that much. The FBI is not going to get the kind of talent needed to truly fight this kind of cyber crime."

...There's only one thing that's guaranteed at this point: the computer security community won't be facing a job shortage anytime soon.
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