Kids in Hong Kong and other highly surveilled states worry infosec careers are just asking for trouble
Asia is already short millions of trainees; expert warns talent pipeline will dry up in response to government snooping
Laura Dobberstein Fri 7 May 2021 // 05:11 UTC Share
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Black Hat Asia Asian nations in which governments are keen on citizen surveillance struggle to develop ethical hackers, as prospective workers fear their activities may be misunderstood, according to security specialist Mika Devonshire.
Devonshire spent much of 2019 and 2020 in Hong Kong, working as a digital forensics and incident response specialist at Blackpanda and serving as assistant faculty at Hong Kong University.