*"As you know, I work the cybersecurity trade, and I am gratified that ten days ago the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, concluded that cybersecurity should be seen as an occupation and not a profession because the rate of change is too great to consider professionalization."*
Dan Geer just gave an amazing keynote (that I am currently writing up a review for on my blog) and this quote stuck out at me as an interesting topic of discussion for LOPSA. Here is the text of the keynote: http://geer.tinho.net/geer.uncc.9x13.txt Here is the study cited: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18446&page=R1 I don't think I've ever heard "rate of change" as being included in a definition of a Professional before. Does this argument carry any weight? I imagine Doctors and Lawyers experience a "rate of change" that is far lower than that of a Systems Administrator or a Security "Professional". -- Joseph A Kern [email protected]
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