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                Date: 1998-07-29
                 
                 
                Crypto: Price Waterhouse keilt NSA/Experten
                
                 
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      Die "Experten der Experten" sind auf dem Markt gefragt. Sie 
suchen "grünere Weiden" nun im Privatbereich. Fortschritte 
sind daher auch auf ver/wandten Gebieten wie "business 
intelligence" zu erwarten. Der Krieg zivilisiert sich im 
Informations/bereich. Letzterer militarisiert sich. Welche 
Tendenz behält die Ober/hand? 
 
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The National Security Agency is losing ground in the fight 
to keep hard-to-find cryptography experts from being lured 
to greener pastures. 
 
By Richard Lardner 
 
Price Waterhouse didn't become a force in the consulting 
world by ignoring market trends. So it was no surprise when 
the firm decided to expand its information security 
operation. After all, the Internet has completely changed 
the way business is done: Paper is out, electrons are in. 
But just as electronic commerce is skyrocketing, so too are 
the odds that sensitive corporate information might be 
tampered with as it travels through cyberspace.  
 
With the private sector beginning to recognize that the 
digital door swings both ways, there's growing demand for 
the "risk management" services Price Waterhouse and other 
companies are offering to help keep the hackers at bay. To 
snare these potential clients, the company needed to hire 
hundreds of information technology professionals. Trouble 
is, information protection may be a huge growth area, but 
the talent pool is mighty shallow.  
 
So officials at Price Waterhouse did what many other 
commercial enterprises have done, and continue to do. They 
targeted a group of employees at the Defense Department's 
secretive National Security Agency, where thousands of the 
federal government's best and brightest spend their days 
eavesdropping on other countries while at the same time 
ensuring that U.S. information networks are secure. Because 
of the highly sensitive missions the agency performs, 
companies like Price Waterhouse know they are getting 
employees who are extremely good at what they do and are 
solid citizens too-NSA is picky about whom it hires and 
conducts thorough background investigations.  
 
full text 
http://www.jya.com/nsa-loss.htm
                   
 
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published on: 1998-07-29 
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