Comments on: Certifications are good; Licenses are bad http://spiresecurity.com/?p=61 Risk and Cybersecurity Analysis Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MikeA http://spiresecurity.com/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-61 MikeA Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:06:49 +0000 http://spiresecurity.com/blog/?p=61#comment-61 Licenses wouldn’t be a bad thing if software engineering/security engineering were a “profession” rather than just a “job” to many. I think that if we (could) have the same level of “due care” or “professional standards” that other professions like structural engineers, lawyers, various medial professionals, we’d have a “step up” on the quality of what we see.

However, because of our relative immaturity as a profession (we’re what, 60 years old as a “profession” in software right now?), this isn’t right to even *think* about this IMO right now – we have to many other challenges and need to define the profession more. This is a whole new can of worms that is a separate discussion :)

I don’t see licenses as a barrier to entry – more the case of “the person who has this license will do/meet at least this level of work”, and a “standard of conduct” which I think would help. Many certificates I see out there are practically useless for many reasons (rote learning is a big one for me). Having an apprenticeship scheme is an interesting idea

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