My few brushes with Infosec folks makes me think there's a general socialization problem with the field, not really just a "jerk" problem.
For example (and I know it's still a fairly young field), but simple activities like cataloging and sharing knowledge learned so far seems to be something that just doesn't get done. So the wheel gets reinvented over and over and over again. I'm actually kind of amazed at how many half-assed log parsing/visualization/analysis tools there are. Doesn't anybody in infosec centralize knowledge other than adversaries?
The feel I get from infosec conferences is more of a dick waiving contest and tribal activity than an honest information sharing activity.
For example (and I know it's still a fairly young field), but simple activities like cataloging and sharing knowledge learned so far seems to be something that just doesn't get done. So the wheel gets reinvented over and over and over again. I'm actually kind of amazed at how many half-assed log parsing/visualization/analysis tools there are. Doesn't anybody in infosec centralize knowledge other than adversaries?
The feel I get from infosec conferences is more of a dick waiving contest and tribal activity than an honest information sharing activity.