https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Beards-vs-suits/m-p/26171#M3274 <P>I have a beard.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Oh, you don't trust me on that?&nbsp; Fair enough.&nbsp; <A href="https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/746616246/kids-see-bearded-men-as-strong-but-unattractive-study-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Most kids don't trust men with beards</A>.&nbsp; Here:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="This was taken a while ago, so the hair is whiter now ..." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.isc2.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3401iF1513E2A9E61602D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="12042057.jpg" alt="This was taken a while ago, so the hair is whiter now ..." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">This was taken a while ago, so the hair is whiter now ...</span></span></P><P>So, do companies trust greybeards?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Probably not.&nbsp; The C-suite seems to be filled with kids, so they don't trust us.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>They think we are powerful, though ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:17:09 GMT rslade 2023-10-09T09:17:09Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Beards-vs-suits/m-p/26171#M3274 <P>I have a beard.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Oh, you don't trust me on that?&nbsp; Fair enough.&nbsp; <A href="https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/746616246/kids-see-bearded-men-as-strong-but-unattractive-study-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Most kids don't trust men with beards</A>.&nbsp; Here:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="This was taken a while ago, so the hair is whiter now ..." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.isc2.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3401iF1513E2A9E61602D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="12042057.jpg" alt="This was taken a while ago, so the hair is whiter now ..." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">This was taken a while ago, so the hair is whiter now ...</span></span></P><P>So, do companies trust greybeards?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Probably not.&nbsp; The C-suite seems to be filled with kids, so they don't trust us.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>They think we are powerful, though ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:17:09 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Beards-vs-suits/m-p/26171#M3274 rslade 2023-10-09T09:17:09Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Beards-vs-suits/m-p/26178#M3275 <P>So you're saying&nbsp;Ken Thompson,&nbsp;Dennis Ritchie,&nbsp;Bruce Schneier,&nbsp;Steve Wozniak,&nbsp;Paul Allen et al are all inherently untrustworthy due to facial hair?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:28:27 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Beards-vs-suits/m-p/26178#M3275 Steve-Wilme 2019-08-01T07:28:27Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Beards-vs-suits/m-p/26190#M3278 <P>Well, unless our C-suite sample was under 13 on average, we should be safe:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>"<SPAN>Interestingly, around the age of puberty, young peoples' views changed. "Kids all of a sudden had a jump in beard preferences," says Nelson. They started to like beards more and judged them more like adults do."</SPAN></P> Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:10:41 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Beards-vs-suits/m-p/26190#M3278 vt100 2019-08-01T13:10:41Z