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Some security experts come from the administrative side rather than from the technical side.
Taking a computer science degree with a specialization in information security is an excellent way to enter the field. Even if your preferred college does not, you can usually manage to get permission for an honors thesis in security if you try hard enough and find resources within the college or the community who can help guide and evaluate your work. The 10th annual RSA Conference delivers keynote presentations from industry leaders and national policy makers, plus more than 150 individual break-out sessions on topics ranging from the latest in cutting edge cryptographic research to the most current implementations of enterprise security and secure electronic commerce. The 3rd Annual International Conference will be presented by Foundstone Inc., and will run concurrently with the 2001 Carolina's Audit and Control Conference. Untraditional conference format will provide interactive high intensity training and tremendous networking opportunities.