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Re: regaridng security certifications
From: Adam Jones <ajones1 () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 08:23:46 -0800
On 11/30/05, Amol Chaudhari <avchaudhari () gmail com> wrote:
Hello All, I am a beginner in security field and i want to make my career in this field. i have completed my bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and right now working on EJBs and xsl, xml, javascript as a product engineer. so for entering security field i am planning to do few cerifications. and to start with i am planning for brainbench's internet security and network security certifications. after that i am planning to do GSEC. i searched for books and resources for brainbench certifications, but unable to get any info. can anybody help on this?
Any particular reason you are looking at the brainbench cert? Up until reading your post a few seconds ago I had never heard of it. Granted I am no expert or anything, but I did spend a lot of time looking at certifications and it never came up. What I can suggest for you is this: 1) Look very closely at how credible a certification is. If no one has ever heard of it, or it is really easy to get, you are just wasting money. Certifications do not teach anything, the tell other people what you have learned. If they cannot do that reliably there is no point. 2) Try to get the highest score possible on a certification. I have not heard of any that make mention of the scores someone recieved on any formal documentation, but by having the certification you will be expected to know what it covers. Barely passing a certification exam is possibly worse than failing it, especially if you are weak in only one topic, as now you will be expected to know something you really did not. 3) Consider studying for other types of exams. Although you may not want to spend the money to get an certification outside of the security field, learning the topics they cover can be useful for security. Obvious ones here are the networking certs and the OS based ones for whatever operating system you are interested in.
thanks in advance. Regards, Amol. (INDIA)
Current thread:
- regaridng security certifications Amol Chaudhari (Dec 01)
- Re: regaridng security certifications Dharmendra (Dec 01)
- Re: regaridng security certifications sharket (Dec 01)
- Re: regaridng security certifications Emilio Casbas (Dec 02)
- Re: regaridng security certifications Adam Jones (Dec 02)
- RE: regaridng security certifications Pablo Hauser (Dec 02)
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- Re: Re: regaridng security certifications sf_mail_sbm (Dec 12)