Re: Certifications for SOC team

[Daniel Miessler <daniel () dmiessler com>]

> This question is specifically about certifications that may help us as
> team members, to demonstrate competency to the global clients who have
> assigned us a task to handle the SOC [security information center] for
> them. We have been handed over this responsibilities mostly on the
> basis of our experience. [ranging from 1 to 9 years]
> Some of us already have CEH, but we all are looking for a line of
> certs that has a good deal of respected in the industry.

I'd say, for demonstrating competence to clients, that you want to
look at these, in order:

* Security +
* GIAC GSEC
* CISSP

I've also created a comparison of various security certifications here:

http://dmiessler.com/writing/infoseccerts/

Cheers,

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