Re: GCIA, GSEC, GCIH, CISSP, CEH ???

["Jamie Riden" <jamie.riden () gmail com>]

On 17/12/2007, infolookup () gmail com <infolookup () gmail com> wrote:
> Good day all,
>
> I know this is not really a tech-pentest question however I wanted to get some feed back as to what certs/skill set 
> one need to acquire in order to break into the pentest/information assurance/computer forensics job market.
>
> I am a about to graduate with my BA in computer system next semester, and I am tring to get into a security related 
> field, I did very little vul-testing/pentesting for friends, or on a few work servers and wifi network.
>
> And that was very interesting, but with so many certs and paths out there I wanted to know which ones you guys took 
> so I can get an idea.

I have a CISSP - it's a general (high level view) security
certification and doesn't really go into pen-tests as such. One less
to worry about :)

cheers,
 Jamie
-- 
Jamie Riden / jamesr () europe com / jamie () honeynet org uk
UK Honeynet Project: http://www.ukhoneynet.org/

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