I used to work in government. It seems like everyone got degrees that made them qualified to run around chasing people about passwords. IDA Pro? Buffer overflow? Out of the question. They collected a paycheck and that was it. Infuriating.
The people who could use IDA Pro and write buffer overflows weren't the people who cared about other people's passwords.
They ARE there, but they're not out in the open by any means.
Edit: maybe more poignantly, those people you reference are 'Information Assurance' or 'IA' professionals (mostly with titles that reflect this, such as IAM or IAO.
IA is part of the CND section of CNO - the 'fun' stuff is in CNE/CNA.
I used to work in government. It seems like everyone got degrees that made them qualified to run around chasing people about passwords. IDA Pro? Buffer overflow? Out of the question. They collected a paycheck and that was it. Infuriating.