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RE: CISSP Test
From: "Clement Dupuis" <cdupuis () cccure org>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:45:47 -0500
Robert E. Lee wrote: "SANS programs have little to do with security. I'm glad they changed their policy. They seem more honest now." Good day Robert, Honesty is a very neat goal to achieve, however it has many facets. I lately learned (under all reserve, please correct me if you know otherwise) that SANS no longer has any NON PROFIT portion left. They used to be registered as a non-profit entity in the state of Maryland but it seems that it was dissolved. Technically we could say there is no SANS Institute left anymore as we knew it on the non profit side. After they dissolve SANS they created a FOR PROFIT corporation called ESCAL which registered the names used in the non-profit as trademarks for their new for profit organization. Even thou you see the name GIAC and SANS being used everywhere, they are all trademark (not organizations) of the new privately owned company. Principals at SANS have NEVER claimed to be non-profit, it is a myth that we the people that have been dealing with SANS for a long time (since the time they were non profit) have been propagating. We have been keeping this myth alive simply because we did not know any better and we did not know that the non-profit was dissolved. It was done without any noise or public announcement to the people that were already certified. So they NEVER lied but they never went to any length to inform people of the real and current status of their corporation activity. Most people think that GIAC is non profit which is not the case anymore and this better explains the decision of dropping the practical requirement: it does not generate money and it is not a good business decision to keep something alive that will become a drain on the bottom line. Which is a bit contrary to the reason given of improving the overall state of the security community :-) Take care Clement _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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