Qualified Security

A common feeling for established professionals is that an external standard should not be applied to their field - or at least not to them personally. Various reasons are given as to why they would not benefit from a standard; it would be needlessly bureaucratic, it focuses on triviality, it wouldn't be responsive to the latest changes and anyway, they know everything that needs doing. Underlying this can also be a nagging doubt that adopting external standards would be an admission of ignorance.