RE: Licensed Penetration Tester LPT

From: Ramsdell, Scott (sramsdell@stinsonmoheck.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2006 - 16:31:26 EDT


>From The Register:
http://www.theregister.com/2006/04/26/law_change_for_pis/

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Frederick [mailto:flosofl@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:51 AM
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Licensed Penetration Tester LPT

This is happening now. Georgia has pending legislation for forensic
examination of information systems. If you aren't licensed as an
Investigator in the state, you can be charged with a felony if the law
passes.

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
> > >> _________________
> > >> Fight the power and the power will fight back Your only as good
> > >> as the system you hack If you become a problem you will be
> > >> replaced Banned, shut down, erased !
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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