The world of computer security can often be a strange and compelling one. Many outsiders, or those with little knowledge of computers, just don’t understand the whole uproar over various issues, such as whether Microsoft Vista is more secure then Linux or Mac. It’s all moot as far as the general population is concerned. But, for those of us who work in the industry, it is just more grist for the mill.
Another facet of this industry, for those of use who are contractors in this environment, is the level of access we have to a client’s upper management. Typically as a contractor – retained perhaps for a pen-test or vulnerability assessment – you will likely be dealing with the CSO, CIO, or other such high ranking individual. The same does not really apply to temporary system administrators or temp agency secretarial staff; they don’t interact by default with the upper echelons of the corporation like the computer security contractor. Of hackers and ego
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