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I see entry level security skills as a problem for industry - what can we do about it?
Okay, so we push corporates to improve security, and provide training to IT staff and awareness presentations to CEO's etc, but each year a new batch of graduates are brought in to companies as others ...
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Courses on “Secure Software Development”
This semester, I'm offering a course on "secure software development." The course is divided into three parts:
Secure Software Engineering
Reverse Engineering
Secure Coding
Do you know any courses ...
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Information Security Career tracks - Academically vs. IT certifications
I will try to be as straightforward as possible here.
I am currently working as a security integrator at an integration company.
I work with products of vendors like Check Point, Cisco, Juniper, HP, ...
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Which Master degrees offer the most web application security courses?
I need some information about universities that offer Master degree in Information Security with an emphasis on web application security Specifically things like web application penetration, code ...
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What key attributes indicate candidate potential for future success in a security career?
So you are looking to hire a fresh graduate to work in an entry-level/trainee IT security role that covers a wide range of tasks: vulnerability research, penetration testing, secure software ...
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Is a Master's in infosec required to break into the security field?
So I'm going to be graduating college in January 2013, with a double major in Compsci and Cell Biology (don't ask...). I'm really looking to break into the information security field as a consultant. ...
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Distance Education Programs in Digital Forensics
I am looking for a distance education program with the end product being a Masters of Science in Digital Forensics. I looked through the site and did not find any results, and was hoping since most ...
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Are there any academic articles on how people handle their passwords?
Are there any academic articles on how people handle their passwords - how many they use in total, how often they change it, whether they commonly store it somewhere or just remember them and so ...
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Breaking into your own systems [closed]
So as security professionals, most are overly paranoid about external hackers, leaks, etc. I'm looking for ideas on how one would go about testing their own systems, without signs that they were ...
