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DtSR Episode 237 - NewsCast for March 21st 2017

Published 9 years ago

Cybercrime is reported as a $450B drag on the economy; the absolute number sounds big
The question to ask: “How big is the global economy?”
Turns out that this is only 0.57% of the global economy, in 2014 (nominal)
By way of contrast - how many minutes are in a day?
- What is 0.57% of your day?
What it means - we’re doing a good job. Fraud is low. Cybercrime might be on the rise, but for now, it’s at low relative percentages
Does it mean we don’t matter? No. Don’t be silly. Our efforts are why the numbers are low
Keep up the good work
http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/business/read/1249/cybercrime.costs.the.global.economy..450.billion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_world_product

The survey of 350 IT security professionals gauged their attitudes toward the skills shortage in cybersecurity. Some 93 percent agreed that experience is more important than qualifications. A further 73 percent claimed that it didn't matter whether IT staff were college graduates when it came to getting the job done.
Qualifications are considered degrees and certifications
- The rub -- and what they didn’t ask -- is how do you assess the experience and capability of professionals to solve the sorts o

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