Re: Security Cert Provider Cries Foul

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Jon Miller <cio.ny () usa net>

Clearly, the danger here is that when we view InfoSec certification as
a commodity rather than an achieved credential based on the
demonstration of the understanding of a standardized CBK, they become
all but worthless...

On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 02:09  AM, InfoSec News wrote:

> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,718175,00.asp
>
> By Jeff Moad
> November 21, 2002
>
> The non-profit owner of the leading professional certification
> program for security managers has charged that a rival group's plan
> to offer a comparable certification will confuse the market and
> force security professionals to obtain multiple credentials.
>
> Officials from the ISC2 (International Information Systems Security
> Certification Consortium Inc.) posted a statement on the
> organization's Web site Tuesday criticizing plans by the ISACA
> (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) to launch a new
> certification targeting information security managers. The new ISACA
> certification, to be called the Certified Information Security
> Manager and due to launch in June, could compete with the
> well-established CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security
> Professional ) certification from ISC2.
>
> In its unsigned online challenge to ISACA's plan to roll out the new
> certification, ISC2 officials say the CISSP certification already
> "meets or exceeds the areas the CISM professes to address." The
> statement also questions the qualifications of ISACA to move into
> the security practitioner certification space. Currently ISACA
> offers a certification focused on security auditors.

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