Is a Secret security clearance from the Department of State a valuable asset to have in Cyber Security? If so, how do I market this?

There are many thousands of government and industry professionals who maintain some sort of top secret clearance to work for the government or on government and military contracts. Is it ever okay for those employees or job hunters to publicize secret security clearance status that they may have?

I find this concept fascinating, because while many scammers often try to use a top secret clearance as proof that they have inside knowledge about the government’s business, other people are very blase and aloof about their clearance – listing it as just another item on their resume like any other.

However, what these individuals may not realize is that the choice to publicize secret security clearance could be a dangerous decision. I have some public examples, I’d like to show, but since these may be threat for the attacker to use it for a bad practice, I’ll avoid writing to them.