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> What are the chances that, as an MFA in Music, she has a rock solid background in mathematics? Unlikely? There is no standard math requirement for music majo

> What are the chances that, as an MFA in Music, she has a rock solid background in mathematics? Unlikely? There is no standard math requirement for music majors, and that's pretty well known. > Would we be having this conversation if she had no degree? (Of course not.) Yes, even more so! A chief security officer with no degree presiding over the security of a nation's credit data?! I mean, she's already under scrutiny because Equifax has been hit by three big stories in the past couple weeks demonstrating their absolute lack of concern for security: the breach, the "random pins", the admin/admin credentials.

floatingatoll 9y ago
Does it change your views if I restate this as (using just her public LinkedIn profile): "A chief security officer with 15 years of experience and peer accolades in the fields of banking-grade security and human data management" Typically, this is where most people don't even ask what a degree is. However, as you indicate "no degree" is unacceptable: Which domain-relevant degree programs, initiated 20+ years ago and completed 15 years ago, would satisfy your terms?
- phailhaus 9y ago
  Anything remotely technical. Remember, we wouldn't be having this conversation if Equifax wasn't making embarrassing amateur mistakes with everyone's personal data. Their CSO appears incompetent.
  - floatingatoll 9y ago
    Which qualifications does a "remotely technical" degree meet to operate security at Equifax that a "non-technical" degree does not? You imply that Music is a non-technical degree, which is arguable, but it's certainly an Arts degree rather than a Science degree. If that's the distinction by which you draw the line, you're wrong to do so. If you reject job applicants to a technical role on that basis someday, that's more overlooked high-value opportunities for others to hire instead :)

floatingatoll 9y ago

Does it change your views if I restate this as (using just her public LinkedIn profile): "A chief security officer with 15 years of experience and peer accolades in the fields of banking-grade security and human data management" Typically, this is where most people don't even ask what a degree is. However, as you indicate "no degree" is unacceptable: Which domain-relevant degree programs, initiated 20+ years ago and completed 15 years ago, would satisfy your terms?

phailhaus 9y ago
Anything remotely technical. Remember, we wouldn't be having this conversation if Equifax wasn't making embarrassing amateur mistakes with everyone's personal data. Their CSO appears incompetent.
- floatingatoll 9y ago
  Which qualifications does a "remotely technical" degree meet to operate security at Equifax that a "non-technical" degree does not? You imply that Music is a non-technical degree, which is arguable, but it's certainly an Arts degree rather than a Science degree. If that's the distinction by which you draw the line, you're wrong to do so. If you reject job applicants to a technical role on that basis someday, that's more overlooked high-value opportunities for others to hire instead :)