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Re: GIAC Dilution
From: cc <cc () belfordhk com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:20:54 +0800
Andy Cuff [Talisker] sighed and wrote::
Good Evening, <rant> Am I alone in thinking that SANS have greatly reduced the value of a GIAC certification? For those that are not aware SANS no longer require the submission of a paper in order to pass but merely an exam. They claim that too many people were unable to complete GIAC certification due to the hard
...<deletia> I do agree with you in part that it might just 'dilute' the GIAC reputation; but, on the other hand, if I read correctly, if you take the Exam Only, you get some 'Exam-only' stated Certification. As far as I can see, this will still be different from the said 'original' certification. I am sure SANS will clearly be able to include a notification of some sort on the certificate stating that so-and-so has completed the EXAM-ONLY certification process. So any would-be employer (security or otherwise) will then be able to differentiate the two certificates and then make the judgement then. While (speculation here) EXAM-ONLY (E-O) certifications may increase the # of 'security' professionals, you have to realize that the exam process can also be made a lot harder. And from the last time I checked their page (a couple of months ago), the # of ethics violations had increased. No, I'm not a 'qualified' security professional, as most of the security knowledge I've gained were mostly from the web and a bit of reading. Quite a few factors prevent me from actually attending SANS certificate courses, otherwise, it would be nice to be GIAC certified (E-O or not). Good luck in your tests. Edmund
Current thread:
- GIAC Dilution Andy Cuff [Talisker] (Mar 17)
- Re: GIAC Dilution Grant . Orchard (Mar 18)
- RE: GIAC Dilution Brad Moldenhauer (Mar 18)
- Re: GIAC Dilution cc (Mar 18)
- Re: GIAC Dilution adeel hussain (Mar 21)
- Re: GIAC Dilution Aman Raheja (Mar 23)
- Re: GIAC Dilution Vladamir (Mar 24)
- Re: GIAC Dilution Aman Raheja (Mar 24)
- Re: GIAC Dilution Vladamir (Mar 24)
- Re: GIAC Dilution Daniel Miessler (Mar 28)
- Re: GIAC Dilution Michael Bartha (Mar 29)
- Re: GIAC Dilution adeel hussain (Mar 21)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: GIAC Dilution Don Parker (Mar 18)
- RE: GIAC Dilution Depp, Dennis M. (Mar 24)
- RE: GIAC Dilution Paris E. Stone (Mar 24)