RE: IT Manager to CISO

[rogue5 <rogue5 () bluemarble net>]

This.

The CISSP will get you into some of the areas that you might not have 
dealt much with before, but which come under the purview of the CISO, 
such as risk management, business continuity, etc.

Jerry R. Pettus



On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:19:06 +0100, "Egerue, Ugochukwu" 
<ugochukwu.egerue () ubagroup com> wrote:
> Hi Femi,
>
> Please do go ahead and aggressively pursue the CISSP certification as
> the starting point. CISSP will expose you to all the domains of
> security.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ugochukwu Egerue
> IT Risk Management
> United Bank for Africa Plc|(UBA House/15)
> 57 Marina, Lagos, Nigeria
> Direct: +234-1-280-7248
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>
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> Subject: IT Manager to CISO
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently the de facto IT manager for a small IT services firm. 
> The
> nature of our business requires that we follow PCI standards as per
> logical security. Here's the thing, the CISO is leaving next month, 
> and
> I've been told I'll be taking his position. I already have a lot of
> exposure to info sec, I have a CCNP (the former version with ISCW) 
> and a
> I'm an MCP (Active Directory for WS 2008). What I need to know is 
> what
> cert I should go out there and get to make me more cemented in this 
> new
> CISO role, at least to keep the auditors happy, as they sometimes 
> like
> to question your competence. The outgoing CISO, even though he was
> trained by some of our partners, had NO certs, and this exposed him 
> to
> uncomfy questions from hard nosed auditors. Security+ or CISSP exam? 
> Or
> any others? Any form of guiding light will be highly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Femi M.
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry(r) Smartphone
>
>
>
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>
>
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