Finding Student IT Security Placements in the Industry?

CABAN writes "I am a third year computer security and investigations student. My program requires a three month placement in the IT security and forensics industry. Finding an appropriate learning environment seems to be harder than I expected. Lack of security clearance, no real world experience and many companies, who just don't see a need for ITS, are the critical shortfalls right now. What tips does Slashdot have for finding organizations who are willing to let students get involved with sensitive security procedures and cases?"

Comments

Re:Don't you have an advisor?

[Anonymous Coward]

I will definitely not allow any students who think they know so much in my IT-department. They might know a bit about their childish Linux, but they are just not up-to-date with modern Microsoft-technology.

Editing configuration files with a text-editor is really brain-dead -- that's what a graphical user interface is there for, to prevent erroneous data from endangering the system.

Some of them even have no clue how to maintain w decend web site. They insist on installing an ancient editor instead of using the standard-compliant web-editor of Word.

What do they teach you?

Sometimes I am really glad that we were able to outsource our security to an Indian company with competent people. The United States are really going down the drain with the students we see nowadays.