Would You Hire a Former Black Hat?

Mark Zenson asks: "Understanding the mindset of a hacker and the likes of one may be useful to counter security attacks, but apparently companies still object to hiring former, or even reformed, black hats." The article asks this question of several executives in the industry and for various reasons, many of them were skeptical to the idea of hiring such people. Would you give black hats a second chance if you were in their position?

Comments

Of course they should hire them!

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If America is any indication, all people deserve a second chance.

Hell, we hired a former drug-addicted AWOL alcoholic to run our country, and even that turned out allright.

So give backhats a second chance!