Integrity, the core of IT

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Saw this post over at Day in the Life of an Information Security Investigator about integrity. It, obviously, focuses on working the security/consulting side of things, but I think it’s an important part of any good IT professional’s career. To most people within our organization, our word is all they get to hear about technical questions, if we give them reason to doubt that we’re telling the truth, we’re as good as done in this field.

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