Article: "There's nothing whatsoever "entry level" about security."

More career reading for those wanting to break into security:
http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Transform-Your-Puny-Weakling-Tech-Muscles-into-InfoSec-BRAWN/ba-p/5990
http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Transform-Your-Puny-Weakling-Tech-Muscles-into-InfoSec-BRAWN/ba-p/5990
Hopefully-useful stuff I've written: http://kimiushida.com/bitsandpieces/articles/
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All that being said, I believe companies have been going about everything incorrectly. If I am in a position where I cannot find qualified candidates for open positions, then I would begin a mentoring program of some kind. Use current expertise to build up new talent from the outside. Say it would take me three to six months to find someone for an open position. In turn, I could hire someone with the needed basics and use those six months to train them to where I want them to be. I believe this will be where the industry will end up heading as it would provide the best solution to the problem at hand.
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The article is correct that not everyone is interested in doing security. I've seen many software and network ops people forced into being security people and not liking it because security does not interest them. But you really need to try all of your people in a security role to see who fits and who doesn't, and let those that don't slide back to what they prefer to do.
This article also mentions the Breaking into Security series of articles on the KerbOnSecurity blog, in which Brian Krebs interview leaders in the InfoSec industry (Richard Bejtlich, Bruce Schneier, Jeremiah Grossman, et al.) on how to get into InfoSec as a career. Although Krebs does not ask questions directly about IT security certifications, these articles and there comments are worth a read.
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