'Hackers wanted' ad fed security misconception

Methinks he doth protest too much

Look,
Misnomers aside, the government systems and military systems that I have come in contact with have not been "best of the best" in security proficiency. Working for IBM in the S&P practice we often would come in and root systems, networks, etc, and much of the time we could is because the security "professionals" if they had any on site, were not worth their weight in salt.

So, yes, the GD ad took the word "hacker" but really, anyone in the know knows that they would NOT hire a convicted hacker nor would they be hiring just some schlub off the internet wo says he has cred. Most often I think this ad would be for someone who has TS/S credentials or can be cleared before going to work for the GD machine.

You are arguing with a fallacy of naming conventions. Yes, GD would like professionals who can "hack" or rather be a part of a "red team" that they have on site. So in a way, they want hackers... Not crackers... Not "security specialists"

Get over it.. What is plainly needed is a real approach to securing those networks and not just covering things up and hoping that their head in the sand will make all the bad men go away.