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[Lamont29]

I am often shocked when I come across companies whose most valuable assets are the collective intelligence of their employees; yet, many companies that rely on information security professionals do not offer tuition reimbursement. You know, that’s a head-scratcher to me. I was attending a conference recently where one of the speakers made an eloquent point pertaining to this divergence; and credit goes to the person who explained the concept to him:

Prevailing Opinion: “What if we train them, they get certified and they leave?”

Opposing View Point: “Well, what if we don’t train them, and they stay?”

What side of that coin are YOU on when it comes to those points of views?

[JoePete]

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@Lamont29 wrote:

I am often shocked when I come across companies whose most valuable assets are the collective intelligence of their employees; yet, many companies that rely on information security professionals do not offer tuition reimbursement.

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Ah, but the underlying premise is that companies know the training these professionals need. I think that is the larger issue. While it is not as bad as it used to be, I still see plenty of IT jobs advertising a preference for computer science degrees, for example. That is the problem: companies don't what they don't know and it makes it impossible for them to know what their staff and management needs to know.