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I don't mean to shatter your dream of how security firms are run, but on the whole, I'd bet we're no better than the industry at large.

If it's ever possible for me to hire a security firm that has higher standards than this, I'm going to do that!



I agree with stcredzero. You need some standards if you're going to put yourself out there as a security company. I'm a random chick with some web programming and I know that you should iterative hash or salt your hashes. I also know you shouldn't use the same passwords, and what sql injections attacks are. Hey, maybe I should start a security company!


It's more of an issue with, "do they practice what they preach?" "Do they eat their own cooking?"

When people at a company don't do this, it's often a symptom. A friend of my girlfriend worked at an AT&T store. She could've gotten a huge discount on AT&T mobile? Her answer: no thanks.




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