A police officer friend and I had lunch the other day. We started talking careers - he will be retiring soon, I will not. I let him know I almost applied to be a State Trooper when I was in college. They were looking for men my height (who knows if they can still do such a thing).

I have called for a professionalizing of the Information Security field. And please know that professionalizing does not equate to governmental control, but possibly oversight. One major reason I believe this is needed is simply that Information Security has failed to become inculcated into the business proper. It is usually a subcomponent of IT and thought of as a technology only issue.

Information about a Cyber Criminal Forum Take Down was recently released on the FBI website. The website Darkode was an Amazon for some of the world’s most high-volume cyber criminals. Not as pretty of course, just a general forum selling Rats’ (Remote Access Tools), Botnets, Credit Card Information, and the general sharing of information on how to be a better person.