It took me a long time to figure out that the referenced study/paper is not using the word profession in the way I would. They explicitly refer to a profession as meaning it has fixed certifying bodies like the AMA that serve as a guarantor of a certain body of knowledge, or some other explicit training/qualification, like a certified engineer.
Given my widely aired views on the value of certification in general, my initial revulsion to the statement is softened. I believe that the paper in question is playing redefinition games, but keeping their redefinition in mind, it reduces my concern. It's a long essay that goes into many different areas. I won't comment on most of it for now at least, but it was an interesting read, even those parts I disagreed with. On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Joseph Kern <[email protected]>wrote: > *"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] > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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