Re: iso 17799

[Julian Gomez <kluivert () tm net my>]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 06:03:50PM -0500, J. Oquendo spoke thusly:

(snip)

> for any tailored cert. (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE for networking for example) Some
> time ago I recall having a conversation with a friend in the compsec field
> who worked at a Fortune500 really big company. According to my friend, his
> company paid to have their employees take the cert exams and had those
> taking the test memorize as much as they could to recreate the exams in
> order for the next workers to pass them with ease. Big business in
> certifications. Think about a company where the entire sysadmin/compsec
> admin was certified to the tee.

I've been told, though I cannot personally verify this, that a number of
MNCs have people on their books whose *sole* job function is to study, sit
and pass certification exams.

To satisfy various partner requirements, auditing purposes, extra
discounts, yada yada yada. Seems far-fetched, but there you have it.
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