IT Security SIG Sharpens Focus

Members of CompTIA’s IT Security Special Interest Group met to identify industry needs and explore potential initiatives during CompTIA’s Annual Member Meeting Thursday morning.  Group chair Fernando Quintero, Vice President, Channel Sales – The Americas, McAfee, led a discussion on the group’s mission, format, objectives and initiatives.

The group, consisting of IT industry professionals from a variety of disciplines from healthcare to education, began by reviewing a draft IT Security Code of Ethics prepared by Patrick Wilson, President, Vital Signs Technology, Inc. The code will ultimately be a single page document that will guide the group’s work and outline the moral responsibilities associated with providing IT security services to clients.

In addition to the IT Security Code of Ethics, the group discussed the need to identify the common issues vendors and solution providers have with one another, the need for a common threat/vulnerability nomenclature database and the prospect of a mentoring/apprenticeship program for IT security professionals.

The group will continue to sharpen their focus on these and other issues during monthly calls, semi-annual meetings and in online group discussion forums.  To follow their work - or better yet, get involved yourself - visit the CompTIA Communities section under the communities tab on CompTIA.org.