Bingo."but no one in our company or managment knows security" Sounds like all 3 companies I've worked for.Like the manager who wondered why I wanted breakaway neckties for my subordinates.And employee resentment? Pre-9/11, we were wet food stamps. Now they act like we're SEALS.We have training materials from the EIGHTIES still in use! And some of it was written by the former contractor.
Hey, ping me if you come across any security threads (or any good threads), will ya?
The article deserves to be read in it's entirety. If the customer wants cutting-edge competence and espirit AND is willing to pay accordingly then that's what they will get.
I keep thinking of a Sixty Minutes piece from about seven years ago about Israeli airport security. Let me tell you it was incredible just how good these guys had to be and how ruthlessly they were trained, tested and periodically audited without their knowledge. You can be damn well certain they were being paid more than burger-flippin' wages. If there's a market willing to ante up for that level of expertise then you can be certain our great capitalist engine will quickly supply that demand but NOT before.
As for the democrats, it is restating the obvious that when old John Effin' bloviates about his dedication to Homeland Security he really means ladling out the oink, oink.