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Re: Certification Advice
From: Clateu Borada <brain_freak () yahoo com>
Date: 23 Sep 2003 13:38:38 -0000
In-Reply-To: <38CC880B1CEBE14C9768F2CF438397FD115606 () D00WMEXC03 surete qc ca> I'm sure this has come up a few times but I'm new to this; anyway here I go: I've been looking at SSCP (ISC^2) and Security+ (compTIA) and I trying to decide which would be a better cert to dive into. Is any one more challenging or more marketable than the other? I've got about a year in security and currently hold CCSA,CCNA. I'm looking for a vender neutral cert in the security relm. Any suggestions/opinions/$.02 are greatly appreciated. Clat
-----Original Message----- From: Jimi Thompson [mailto:jimit () myrealbox com] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:52 PM To: Hagen, Eric; Neil Fryer; Security Basics (E-mail) Subject: RE: Certification Advice The CISSP requirements for "security experience" cover ANY of the 10=20 common bodies of knowledge (CBK's). This includes physical security.=20 While it may sound odd, working part time as a security guard would=20 count toward your job experience requirement. I would suspect that=20 you use portions of the other CBK's as well without realizing it.=20 With someone, like your self, who is quite close, I suspect that you=20 in fact, may well have enough experience to qualify. My suggestion=20 is that you read the descriptions of all 10 of the CBK's quite=20 closely and see if you aren't using them more than you think. HTH, Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP At 1:07 PM -0600 9/19/03, Hagen, Eric wrote:For you, CISSP is a good cert. My problem is that I have significant training in security, including =all ofthe core requisites for a MS in InfoSec from Iowa State University (NSA center of excellence in security). I'm working in General IT, leading =oursecurity task force, but that constitutes less than 50% of my job. In addition, I can only rightfully claim about 3 years experience, which basically disqualifies me for the CISSP, even though I've passed a few practice tests with near 100% scores. Anyone have any suggestions for someone in my position, who's been =studyingcomputer security for many years and has formal pen-test experience as =wellas Enterprise backend security engineering experience in several large corporations (including a Fortune 500) but who doesn't have the resume =toget a CISSP? I'd like to get a dedicated Security Job but it's almost impossible to =behired WITHOUT a CISSP these days. Can't get a CISSP until I get a new =job(because this company has no plans to have a full-time securityspecialist).Catch-22, thinking about starting my own consulting company, but that's =abig leap for someone like me. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Neil Fryer [mailto:nfryer () marimba com] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 4:13 AM To: Security Basics (E-mail) Subject: Certification Advice Hi All, I am considering getting some certifications under my belt, now my =questionto you is, what would you recommend? My background is basically 6 years =as a*nix & MS Systems Administrator, but I want some papers that will help =toget me into the right places one day, and more importantly I want to increase my security knowledge. I guess what I want to know is: a) What are good certifications to get, which will help to get me =closer togetting into the security sector b) What certifications have a decent curriculum. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Neil Fryer Marimba Software UK Ltd 400 Thames Valley Park Drive Thames Valley Park Reading RG6 1PT United Kingdom Support Line: 08000 156155 http://www.marimba.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------=---Captus Networks Are you prepared for the next Sobig & Blaster? - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic FIND OUT NOW - FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit http://www.captusnetworks.com/ads/42.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------=--- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=---Captus Networks Are you prepared for the next Sobig & Blaster? - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic FIND OUT NOW - FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit http://www.captusnetworks.com/ads/42.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------=--- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- RE: Certification Advice, (continued)
- RE: Certification Advice Jimi Thompson (Sep 22)
- RE: Certification Advice Eugene Tawiah (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice Preston Newton (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice m0use (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice secureot (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice secureot (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice Preston Newton (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice Brian Austin (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice Martin, James E. (Sep 19)
- RE: Certification Advice Hagen, Eric (Sep 22)
- RE: Certification Advice Berberi,Steve (Sep 22)
- Re: Certification Advice Clateu Borada (Sep 23)