From: Phil Frederick (flosofl@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2006 - 09:50:36 EDT
This is happening now. Georgia has pending legislation for forensicexamination of information systems. If you aren't licensed as anInvestigator in the state, you can be charged with a felony if the lawpasses.
I can't find a link, but I swear I read this a couple days ago. Anyone have any info, or was I hallucinating :)
On 4/25/06, v b <r0cketgrl@yahoo.com> wrote:> All funning aside, this was included in a topic of a> BoF at the recent ShmooCon held in DC. The speakers> contended that unless the community becomes> self-policing, there WOULD eventually be government> legislation to license information security> practitioners. Interesting theory. I like the idea> of shipping all unlicensed practitioners to Lincoln.> Could do wonders for that local economy. :-)>> Regards.>>> --- Dogten <dogten@d3fcon.org> wrote:>> > Mark Teicher wrote:> > > Why not license security engineers/gurus like they> > do social workers, plumbers and doctors.> > >> > > Then after one gets everyone to comply, partner> > with an insurance company to offer liability and> > malpractice insurance to the licensed penetration> > testers, just in case someone accidently shuts down> > a life support system in a hospital as they are> > scanning random Class 'C's on the internet or> > hijacking root DNS servers in order to play audio> > streams.> > >> > > For
those who do not comply, set up Senate> > hearings, and send out letters to those who do not> > comply, "Are you an unlicensed penetration tester?"> > If yes, please list all your friends, neighbors, etc> > that may or may not be unlicense penetration> > testers. Once they have rounded up all the non> > complying penetration testers, escort them to local> > train stations, and guide them onto the train, where> > they will be taken to re-education camps in Lincoln,> > Nebraska. --:)> > >> > >> > > -----Original Message-----> > >> > >> From: Dogten <dogten@d3fcon.org>> > >> Sent: Apr 20, 2006 10:08 PM> > >> To: Steve Friedl <steve@unixwiz.net>> > >> Cc: pen-test@securityfocus.com> > >> Subject: Re: Licensed Penetration Tester LPT> > >>> > >> Steve Friedl wrote:> > >>> > >>> If it's not from the government, it's not a real> > license.> > >>>> > >> where does literary license come in? the media> > certainly practices it> > >> with impunity.> > >>> > >> --> > >> -dogten, C�ISSP> > >> _________________> > >> F
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