Reply From: Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>
Cc: InfoSec News <isn@sekurity.org>
>Reply From: Matthew Patton <patton@sysnet.net>
>
>Totally IMO but the really gifted guys in my experience don't have any
>sheepskins, ok maybe a bachelors. They wouldn't be caught dead with a PHd
>let alone having to cross their t's and dot their i's for 6+ years in
>academy.
Simply FYI. If someone comes into our program with a good undergrad
background and some focus, it is possible to finish in as little as 3
years. Average tends to be closer to 5 years, however.
>It's a scary thought that we've yet to have a pure computer (33Sxc) guy get
>a star. Damn fighter jocks think they know how to run everything.
Lt. General Ken Minihan is pretty close. His background is intelligence
and electronics systems security. And he's got 3 stars. But policies
get set still further up the line, and many of the DoD's problems stem from
the civilians setting directions based on politics instead of common sense.
Minihan is one of many people who knows how things should be done, but the
system allows only so much leeway when you're in uniform. That's good in
most cases -- the military should answer to civilian authority.
Unfortunately, political appointees don't often get named because of their
technical ability.
--spaf
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Received on Mon Sep 14 11:05:57 1998