Re: Re: OSCP

[prdiez () gmail com]

I would take the two of them.  As stated by others, they are two different certifications aimed at different 
objectives.  The CISSP is more oriented to the general knowledge in the 10 domains covered; the OSCP is more a 
technical certification that, in my opinion, and base solely in what I read about it here and there, will give you an 
insight of the many techniches used by the network attackers nowadays.
I think that the CISSP certification is for someone that's aiming to be more in a management work, and the OSCP is for 
someone aiming to a technical job.  That doesn't mean that an OSCP can't be a good manager, or that a CISSP can't be a 
good pentesters, it all depends in every person.
Personally, I have a CISSP certification, and I am very interested lately in the OSCP, making the C|EH aside for now 
after reading some info on the two of them.  I have found the messages written by Mr. Oquendo about the OSCP very 
informative, but with all due respect, I am not agree with that the CISSP relies solely in what you memorize from a 
book.  When you take the real CISSP exam, not the simulation tests available everywhere, you will find that some 
questions do rely in what's in the books, but many of them make you use your gray matter, because they are related to 
not only one domain in the CBK but in two, three... or all of them, and your experience in the field; that's why you 
have to have the required years of experience.
When I took the CISSP exam, I thought "this is going to be easy", but then, I used 5 hours and 50 minutes of the 6 
hours allowed to complete it, and ended mentally exhausted.
All said, I wouldn't take a CISSP certified person so lightly.
 
My two cents.
 
Pablo Diez, CISSP.

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