Security experts in Mauritius

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:23:44 -0700

Hi Logan,

I read http://logan.hackers.mu/2015/10/security-experts-in-mru I
noticed the following:
http://www.elandsys.com/~sm/crestconsulting-mu-compromised.png How
come nobody else reported that?

I agree that most people view security as an "add-on". From your blog article:

   "After doing a short presentation, on Heartbleed, we gave ample time to
    participants to come up with a working code, and a reasonable
    explanation. Heartbleed is fairly old: it happened in 2014.

    2 months later, and we still didn't receive a single submission."

Isn't it too much to expect a LUGM member to write an "exploit"?

   'There are many self-proclaimed "Hackers" and "Security experts"
    in Mauritius. However, none of them are able to understand Heartbleed
    in a detailed manner.'

Are you referring to me? :-) I leave it to you to determine whether
I would be able to understand Heartbleed in a detailed manner.

   "We need security experts who can understand the small details of security
    flaws and come up with reasonable counter-measures to protect our
    CyberInfrastructure. This requires a LOT of mental effort & time
    investment."

I agree with you that security requires a lot of effort and time. As
you mentioned, the person would need to understand the small details.

   "However, I get the impression that most students are more interested
    in Computer Security as a fashion trend . Few want to do the hard
    mental work."

In my opinion, you may be asking too much of undergraduate
students. It requires much more than hard work; the person would
need to have someone with expertise in the security area to guide him/her.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun Nov 01 2015 - 07:24:07 PST

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